Elon Musk stooped low Sunday as he challenged Mark Zuckerberg to a bizarre “d—” measuring contest after the launch of Threads.
The 52-year-old owner of Twitter made a proposition online with an emoji of a ruler hours after calling the Facebook co-founder a “cuck.”
The bitterness between the two billionaires has intensified since Zuckerberg launched Threads alongside Meta, which has been known to be the “Twitter killer.”
AUSTIN, TX – MARCH 11: Elon Musk speaks onstage at Elon Musk Answers Your Questions! during SXSW at ACL Live on March 11, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Diego Donamaria/Getty Images for SXSW)
Musk’s latest posts were the final straw for some users on the platform who have considered ditching the social media platform for the competitor.
“This is getting out of hand,” one person wrote.
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., right, departs from federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. The Federal Trade Commission claims Meta’s plan to buy the competitor will give it an unfair advantage in the burgeoning VR market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Others called out Musk’s “middle school behavior” and branded his penis-comparing diatribe “embarrassing” and “corny.”
The Tesla CEO recently launched a legal threat against Meta, which owns Facebook. Instagram, and Threads.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – NOVEMBER 04: Twitter headquarters stands on 10th Street on November 4, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Twitter Inc reportedly began laying off employees across its departments on Friday as new owner Elon Musk is reportedly looking to cut around half of the company’s workforce. (Photo by David Odisho/Getty Images)
Musk’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, fired a letter off to Zuckerberg last Wednesday accusing Meta of engaging in ““systematic, willful and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property,” which a company spokesperson denied.
TOPSHOT – This photo illustration created in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2023, shows the logo for Threads, an Instagram app, next to its page on the App Store. More than 10 million people have signed up to Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said July 6. The app went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries at 2300 GMT on July 5, 2023, and will run with no ads for now, but its release in Europe has been delayed over data privacy concerns. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Spiro went as far as calling Threads a “copycat” of Twitter.
MIAMI, FLORIDA – MAY 06: Elon Musk walks in the Paddock prior to final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Miami at Miami International Autodrome on May 06, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Clive Mason – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
The platform has grown to more than 100 million users in less than five days, making it the fastest-growing online platform in history.
The two even have gone far as a potential cage match with the UFC involved as well. There has been no update on whether the match will continue as planned or if there will be any legal action against Meta.
