New Delhi: Popular YouTuber MisterBeast has surpassed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to become the most followed person on Meta’s new app ‘Threads’. His follower count increased after he announced that he was giving away a Tesla car to one of his followers in the thread. His total number of followers on the microblogging app has now reached around 2.9 million users.
In a post on Threads, MrBeast wrote, “To celebrate the launch of the thread, I’m going to give away this Tesla to a random follower in 48 hours! Rethread so people are aware.” MrBeast holds the title of the most followed YouTuber in the world, amassing over 162 million subscribers
Meta’s New App ‘Threads’
Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta on Thursday launched its new Twitter rival ‘Threads’, which allows Instagram users to simultaneously create an account on Threads by clicking on a link. For a temporary period, the thread’s profile link is appearing on Instagram.
“Threads in your feed include threads posted by people you follow and recommended content from new creators you haven’t discovered yet. Posts can be up to 500 characters long and can include links, photos and videos up to 5 minutes in length. You can easily share a thread post to your Instagram story, or share your post as a link on any other platform you choose,” writes MetaThreads.
Thread debate
Since the launch of the thread, many have been saying that the Mater app is a copy of Twitter. In fact, Twitter threatened to sue the thread for misappropriating trade secrets. Furthermore, tech billionaire Elon Musk commented in a post that competition was fine, not cheating.
