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Threads Is Becoming the eX-Twitter Killer… After All

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
depiction of Threads challenging X.

Just a year ago, I once declared Threads dead on arrival. Now it’s quietly kicking Elon’s X into irrelevance — no cage match required. From bots and hate speech to fleeing advertisers and Grok’s antisemitic meltdown, X is imploding. Meanwhile, Threads is gaining ground on users, credibility, and momentum. Turns out iPINIONS was wrong, but… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: AI, Content moderation, Digital Strategy, Elon Musk, free speech, Grok, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Platform Wars, social media, Threads, Twitter, X

Musk Rebrands Twitter ‘X’ After Threatening to Sue Zuckerberg Over Threads

Monday, July 24, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Twitter rebranded logo X with inset image pitting Musk vs Zuckerberg.

Elon Musk has become to business what Donald Trump is to politics. And, from the day he launched his bid to buy Twitter, Musk has been hellbent on making that antic analogy a reality. Musk threatens to sue Zuckerberg Rash and reckless decisions have defined Trump’s political activities. They have defined Musk’s business activities too. So it… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, rebranding Twitter X, Social Media Drama, Threads, Twitter, Twitter vs Threads

Zuckerberg vs. Musk: Threads Putting Twitter Out of Its Misery

Sunday, July 9, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Image of Threads logo over Twitter logo with image of Mush entwined in Threads logo inset.

Just weeks ago, Elon Musk was thumping his box-car chest. He was goading Mark Zuckerberg into a cage fight. Remarkably, the hype was such that Italy even offered to stage it in the famed Colosseum.   But little did Musk know that Zuckerberg had a different smackdown in mind. He was jonesing for a fight between Threads and… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: celebrity exodus, Joe Biden, Masters of the Universe, Musk, richest man, social media showdown, tech moguls, Threads, Trumpian tactics, Twitter, Zuckerberg

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