Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg end up agreeing to a cage fight after argument over the word 'sane'
Sigh. Two of the most high-profile and obscenely loaded tech titans in the world, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, have gotten into a spat about an upcoming Meta product, which has now descended to the point where Musk (52) has challenged Zuckerberg (39) to a cage fight. An invitation which the pasty Facebook founder has accepted.
Everything kicked off when Musk got upset about Meta's P92, the working title for a social media platform intended to eat Twitter's lunch. Meta has confirmed to the BBC that the product is in development, with the report saying it will integrate with Instagram and certain thirdparty platforms like Mastodon. So yeah: this is going to be some serious competition for Musk and the $45 billion white elephant that is Twitter.
What really seems to have got Musk raging, however, is a bit of a backhand from an anonymous Meta executive, who said in a staff meeting witnessed by the Verge that «We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run.» Stick that one in your pipe and smoke it Elon.
«I’m sure Earth can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options,» responded Musk on, of course, Twitter. «At least it will be „sane“. Was worried there for a moment.»
One wag told Musk to be careful because Zuckerberg's into his jiu-jitsu now, to which Musk replied «I'm up for a cage match if he is lol.»
Zuckerberg then replied on his own social media platform, Instagram, with a picture of Musk's tweet and the ominous-sounding: «send me location.» To which Musk said «If this is for real, I will do it» with two fire emojis, adding «Vegas Octagon» (this is where the UFC is based).
To be fair to Musk he later added that «I have this great
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