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Despite Legal Threat from Elon Musk, as Mark Zuckerberg Openly Reveals “Why Twitter Never Succeeded”, NBA Billionaire Raises Important Business Question

Published 07/07/2023, 2:14 AM EDT

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken the internet world by storm with the launch of Threads. While the public curiously engaged in figuring out the new social media platform, Twitter CEO Elon Musk accused Zuckerberg for allegedly copying his text-based interacting social media site. Amid Musk’s legal threat, Zuck’s sly dig invoked an NBA billionaire’s business question.

Ever since Musk took over Twitter, there have been a lot of controversies surrounding his administrative style. The internet world witnessed an online uproar when thousands lost their jobs on a short notice. Following the verification tick antics, Elon “Rocket” Musk has a new challenge to face from his new competitor, Zuck. 

NBA billionaire raises important question amid Musk-Elon rivalry

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Elon Musk lately fired thousands of his employees from Twitter citing managerial reasons. And now, Musk’s company threatened Mark Zuckerberg of a legal action for stealing Twitter’s trade secrets.

Moreover, Musk also accused Meta of stealing former Twitter employees in order to launch the new app, Threads. While there hasn’t been any official reply for the legal warning, Zuck took a sly dig at Musk using his new app. 

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Zuck wrote, “The goal is to keep it friendly as it expands… That’s one reason why Twitter never succeeded as much as I think it should have, and we want to do it differently.”

In response to Zuck’s statement on the app, thousands of users took to the comments with their opinions. Notably, the Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, also pitched in with an important question. He pointed out a particular word from Meta CEO’s statement and wrote, “The challenge is “How do you scale friendly?”

 

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Elon Musk also faced a similar question when he released several restricted Twitter accounts across the globe after he took the company. Notably, the accounts were restricted, citing various reasons such as hate speech, fake news and many more.

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The two multi-billionaires seemed to have locked horns after the launch of the new app. Moreover, they might actually settle their rivalry in an actual MMA fight.

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Elon vs. Zuck MMA fight takes full shape

A few days ago, Elon Musk challenged Zuckerberg over a cage fight in his tweet. As a surprise, Zuck replied to the star, “Send me location,” via his Instagram story.

Since then, millions of users across the globe made memes and contents related to the ongoing beef. Moreover, the 39-year-old billionaire also shared a video of him practicing boxing in the virtual world which further spice up the controversy.

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While fans are still wondering about the ongoing tussle between the billionaires, Threads has emerged as a new competitor to Twitter. It’s a restriction-ridden platform up against the friendly social media now. And the choice lies in users only.

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Shahul Hameed is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports, where he brings his passion for sports and entertainment journalism to life. With a Master's Degree in journalism from a reputed institute and years of experience in the industry, Shahul always strives to provide insightful and astute coverage of the NBA to the fans. Shahul's love for sports writing dates back to his college days.
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