Bill Gates jumps into ‘Twitter-killer’ Threads with a GIF, Zuckerberg reacts

Tech billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates jumped onto the Threads bandwagon with a GIF, minutes after Meta launched the app that bears a placing resemblance to Twitter.

“I’m excited to jump into @threadsapp,” Bill Gates wrote on Threads.

To this, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg replied, “Pretty good jump tbh.”

Threads, which is dubbed as ‘Twitter killer’, went dwell on Apple and Android app shops in 100 nations at 2300 GMT on Wednesday. The Meta-owned microblogging app has emerged as the largest challenger but to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, which has seen a slew of adjustments in content material moderation coverage and verification course of for the reason that Tesla CEO took over the corporate final 12 months.

More than 30 million individuals have downloaded Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter, throughout the first few hours of its launch, Zuckerberg mentioned Thursday.

“Feels like the beginning of something special, but we’ve got a lot of work ahead to build the app,” Zuckerberg wrote on his official Threads account Thursday.

Zuckerberg additionally took a jibe at Musk — the pair are recognized to be bitter rivals — along with his first tweet in over a decade. Zuckerberg posted a Spiderman pointing at Spiderman meme in an obvious reference to the similarities between Threads and Twitter.

Threads will run with no adverts for now, however its launch in Europe has been delayed over knowledge privateness considerations.

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri instructed customers that Threads was meant to construct “an open and friendly platform for conversations.”

“The best thing you can do if you want that too is be kind,” he mentioned.

Mosseri additionally mentioned that Threads is at present an app-only platform and however they’re engaged on its web site.