Celebrities including Gordon Ramsay and Shakira ALREADY using Meta’s ‘Twitter-killer’ app Threads

It’s one of the most anticipated apps of the year, and now it appears several celebrities have been granted early thread access.

The new meta-app will be released tomorrow at 15:00 GMT and has been described by experts as a “Twitter killer”.

However, it appears that several celebrities were granted access ahead of the worldwide release.

Gordon Ramsay, Shakira, and Lando Norris are just a few celebrities who have posted to Threads.

Meanwhile, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also posted his first thread where he simply writes, ‘Let’s do this.’ Welcome to Threads.’

It’s one of the most anticipated apps of the year, and now it appears several celebrities have been granted early thread access. Gordon Ramsay wrote: ‘Is this where I find the lamb sauce??’ Shakira simply posted: ‘Well hello threads.’

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Pictured is Threads in the App Store

Threads is a free app described by Meta as a place where “communities come together” to discuss topics via text — which sounds a lot like Twitter.

“Threads are communities where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics that interest you today to the trends of tomorrow,” the app description reads.

“Whatever interests you, you can follow and connect directly with your favorite creators and others who love the same things – or build a loyal following of your own to share your ideas, opinions and creativity with the world.”

It will go live tomorrow at 15:00 GMT. Anyone who already has an Instagram account will get a Threads account with the same username.

Ahead of the global launch, Meta gave early access to the app to several lucky celebrities.

Chef Gordon Ramsay posted his first thread, cheekily writing, “Is this where I find the lamb sauce??”

Meanwhile, singer Shakira simply chose to write, “Well hello Threads,” along with a waving hand emoji.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also posted his first thread and simply wrote, “Let’s do this.” Welcome to Threads. Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both got early access, with Norris opting to post a video of himself with the caption: “Waiting for my friends to join me.”

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Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both got early access, with Norris opting to post a video of himself captioned: “Waiting for my friends to join me.”

Other celebrities who have posted today include footballer Kingsley Coman, MMA heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, five-time Christmas number one inventor LadBaby, podcaster Steven Bartlett, NBA star Seth Curry, the investor and business guru Gary Vee and comedian Adam Waheed.

Threads has been dubbed a “Twitter killer” online following hostilities between rival billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who said they would like a cage fight with Rome’s Coliseum as a possible venue.

Musk seems more keen after repeatedly urging Twitter users to delete their Facebook accounts and calling the social network “lame” in the past.

First, Threads will only be available for iOS upon Thursday’s release, so Android users will have to wait.

It’s possible that Meta scheduled thread releases to capitalize on the recent anger against Twitter, which is putting more and more features behind a paywall.

Musk revealed over the weekend that users who don’t subscribe to his £11-a-month subscription service, Twitter Blue, are limited to reading 600 tweets a day – although he later said that number would soon rise to 800.

It sparked the trending hashtag #RIPTwitter and caused Google searches for “delete Twitter” to skyrocket by 983 percent in the UK, according to comparison service CasinoAlpha.

Twitter dropped another bombshell this week when it announced that in less than a month, TweetDeck will be available only to people who pay for Twitter Blue.

TweetDeck — a desktop application that displays tweets in columns — was acquired by Twitter for $40 million in 2011 after previously operating as its own standalone application.

Timeline of Elon Musk’s eventful tenure on Twitter so far

October 27th: Musk is officially named the new owner of Twitter, tweeting “The bird is freed”.

1st of November: Musk confirms plans to change the system of “Blue Tick” verification on Twitter for a reduced subscription fee of $8 per month.

November 4th: Musk is laying off half of the Twitter workforce in an alleged cost-cutting measure, claiming he has “no choice”.

November 9th: Musk launches Twitter Blue subscription service, which verifies accounts for a monthly fee.

November 11th: The Twitter Blue service has been paused because accounts purchase and use verification to impersonate brands or public figures.

November 12th: Musk fires 80 percent of Twitter contractors without warning.

15th of November: Musk fired employees who posted negatively about him on business messaging app Slack. The lawsuit between Musk and Twitter is dismissed.

November 16th: Twitter employees are told they must sign a pledge to remain in their positions where they would “work long hours at high intensity” or receive three months’ severance pay, leading to a mass exodus.

November 18: A news ticker aired at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters calling Musk a “space karen,” “mediocre kid,” and “bankruptcy baby.”

November 23: One Twitter user reported that 5.4 million phone numbers and email addresses were leaked on the dark web before his account was banned.

November 26th: The Financial Times announced that 50 of the platform’s top 100 advertisers have paused their ads.

November 29th: Platformer reported that Twitter is in the process of recovering around 62,000 suspended accounts, each with more than 10,000 followers.

12th of December: Twitter Blue is relaunched with new Blue Tick verification process.

11th January: Twitter is starting to automatically redirect users to the For You tab — its algorithmic feed of tweets — every time they open the app.

February 8th: Twitter extends US Twitter Blue subscriber character limit to 4,000. Shortly thereafter, the website encounters technical difficulties.

February 12th: Musk orders his staff to overhaul Twitter’s tweet promotion algorithm after his Super Bowl tweet didn’t get enough impressions.

February 15: Twitter announces it will remove SMS two-factor authentication (2FA) from the free version of Twitter – a decision one security expert called “absurd” and which will result in “so many accounts being hacked” .

February 25th: Twitter unveils a fresh round of layoffs that has brought the workforce below 2,000 – a sharp drop from the 7,500 workforce when the billionaire first took office in October.

28th March: Musk announces it will prevent people from taking Twitter polls or seeing their tweets in the For You tab unless they pay for Twitter Blue.

11 April: Musk gives the ` an interview at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters, in which he says he slept on the floor of the company’s offices. Musk also accused the interviewer of lying because he couldn’t substantiate the allegations of hate speech on the platform.

June 21st: Musk says he’s “ready for a cage fight” with rival tech CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

July 1: Musk announces limits on how many tweets users can see per day – 600 for people not registered with Twitter Blue and 6,000 for Twitter Blue subscribers.