Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to challenge Elon Musk’s Twitter with Threads.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tweeted for the first time in a decade on Wednesday.
He posted an all-time classic meme on Twitter — the Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme.
It appeared to be a reference to Instagram’s new Twitter competitor, Threads — which looks similar.
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg tweeted for the first time in a decade on Wednesday, using a Spider-Man meme to mark the launch of Instagram’s rolled out Threads, a Twitter competitor,
Threads was rolled out a day early on Wednesday. The app functionally resembles Twitter to some degree, leading Zuckerberg to post the famed Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme in an attempt at internet humor.
—Mark Zuckerberg (@finkd) July 6, 2023
Zuckerberg’s last tweet was on January 18, 2012.
The Meta chief, who recently entertained a mixed martial arts cage match against Twitter CEO Elon Musk, launched the app at a time when Musk’s Twitter has been rife with outages and issues.
Posts on Threads can be 500 words long, and including higher quality videos. Insider spoke to five creators who had early access to the app, giving it rave reviews — but maintaining they would still use Twitter.