Elon Musk Trolled? MrBeast Gives Away Tesla To Celebrate Follower Milestone On 'Twitter Killer' Threads
In a hilarious twist on social media, famous YouTuber MrBeast trolled Twitter owner Elon Musk by giving away a Tesla to celebrate his follower milestone on Twitter's rival app Threads.
Instagram¡¯s parent-company Meta caused a ruckus online when it launched Threads on July 5. It was not incredibly arduous for anyone who was social media savvy to figure out that the company had established a strong contender against Twitter, a platform that was leading text-based public discourse.
MrBeast Gives Away Tesla On Threads To Celebrate Follower Milestone
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After Threads went live in 100 countries, many influential content creators too joined the platform. MrBeast, the American YouTuber, too joined the app. Soon after, surpassed all expectations and created a record becoming the first user of the app to have a million followers.
To celebrate his first milestone on the platform, Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast surprised his followers by announcing a giveaway. The content creator is known for offering grand prizes to people through his videos. So, it wasn¡¯t a surprise when he suggested a giveaway to celebrate his follower count.
However, people were surprised when Jimmy mentioned that to celebrate his milestone on Threads he would give away a Tesla to one of his followers on the platform. People found this move a bit of a trolling attempt as the Tesla tycoon, Elon Musk, has openly expressed his distaste for Mark Zuckerberg¡¯s threads as a rival to Twitter.
Post by @mrbeastView on Threads
Given the tension between the two CEOs, it was certainly bold of MrBeast to giveaway a Tesla on the platform. In a recent post on Threads, the YouTuber announced the winner of the giveaway. Two days before, Jimmy had shared a picture of himself with a white Tesla that was customised and ordered to have a stamp of the Threads logo on the hood of the car. With the picture, he announced the giveaway.
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The Lucky Follower Won A Tesla Model 3 EV
Post by @mklord_View on Threads
The winner of the giveaway rejoiced the moment by pointing out that they had won a Tesla, the automobile company owned by Elon Musk, on his competitor¡¯s new app. This simple fact raised the value of the win for the user and also entertained MrBeast¡¯s followers on the platform.
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From the looks of it, the car in the image posted by Jimmy seems to be a Tesla Model 3. Certainly a moment of joy for the winner. However, this is not the only time MrBeast had showed his generous spirit to people. Back in May of this year, Jimmy played a significant role in providing prosthetic limbs for 2,000 amputees in Cambodia.
In addition to that, the project he initiated led to a notable donation of $2,700,000 (over Rs 22 crore) worth of unused and overproduced clothes to the Hopi tribe residing in northeastern Arizona.
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