Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has sent a request to his Twitter counterpart Jack Dorsey on the newly launched platform Threads. Surprisingly, Dorsey, who previously criticized the app, has now made an account on the platform as well.
When Threads launched on 5 July worldwide, Dorsey took a swipe at the new app, calling it one of the many “clones” attempting to imitate Twitter.
“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 7 Twitter clones,” Dorsey stated in one of his Tweets.
However, as Zuckerberg sent a request to Dorsey on Threads, the latter publicly shared a screenshot on Twitter with the caption “too soon b”.
Threads, which has already recorded over 150 million downloads, has posed a significant challenge to Twitter, which has struggled since going private under Elon Musk’s ownership.
Despite this, Dorsey has continued to criticize Threads for copying his brainchild, Twitter. In one tweet, Dorsey said, “All your Threads belong to us [sic],” along with a screenshot of the Threads app screen showing that the app requires at least 14 permissions to function.
Meta launched Threads on 5 July for iOS and Android users in 100 countries. The app is currently available for free on the App Store and is ad-free.
The ongoing battle between these two tech giants remains to be seen. As of now, Threads continues to break records for user growth since its recent launch, with celebrities, politicians, and other newsmakers joining the platform.
According to the company’s last public disclosure before Musk’s takeover, Twitter had nearly 240 million monetizable daily active users as of July last year. However, data from web analytics companies suggests a decline in usage since then.
According to Evercore ISI, it is still early days, but Threads has the potential to generate significant revenue for the social media giant. Evercore ISI analysts estimate that Threads will reach close to 200 million daily active users and generate approximately $8 billion in annual revenue over the next two years.