New Delhi: After Meta launched Twitter-rival ‘Threads’, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk have started an online battle ahead of their expected cage fight — dubbed the fight of the century. Meta on Wednesday launched its ‘Thread’ app for Android and iOS users in 100 countries, aiming to challenge Twitter.
In response to a question posted on ‘Threads’ by mixed martial artist Mike Davis, Zuckerberg said he thinks it should have a public conversation app with over a billion users.
“Twitter had a chance to do it but didn’t nail it. Hopefully, we will,” he added. To this, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said, “Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let’s wrap up the first week…”
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While another mixed martial artist Max Holloway posted, “Glad to be here. They both want to be honest.” “I think we have more than one fighter on the field,” replied the Meta CEO.
Meanwhile, on Twitter, Musk poked fun at a photo posted by a user of a keyboard with only three keys — Ctrl, C, and V — with the caption, “Meta’s new app was built entirely using this keyboard. ”
Also, Musk said, “being attacked by strangers on Twitter is infinitely preferable to hiding-in-pain on Instagram and indulging in false happiness.” He said this in response to a tweet referencing his email from 2018 where he said, “I just deleted my Instagram. Weak sauce.”
As anticipation for their cage fight grows, Zuckerberg and Musk’s ongoing online feud highlights their competitive nature. Talk of this fight initially started when Musk responded to a tweet last month about news that Meta was releasing a Twitter competitor.
“I’m sure the world can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuke’s thumb with no other option. At least that would be ‘sensible’. Worried there for a while.” To this, one user replied, “Watch out @elonmusk I hear he does jiu-jitsu now”.
“I’m ready for a cage match if he does,” the Twitter owner replied. Afterward, Zuckerberg posted a screenshot of the Tesla CEO’s tweet with the caption “Send me the location.”
Later, the two were separately seen training Jiu-Jitsu with Lex Friedman, host of the famous Lex Friedman Podcast.
