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Oct.30,2023
Long-standing grudges? Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg really going head-to-head?! Friends who frequently surf the internet must be familiar with the story of "Musk and Zuckerberg's Offline Fight," and the origins of this incident can be traced back to June of this year. It all started with a netizen's reminder to Musk under the news that "Zuckerberg is preparing a Twitter competitor" that "the other party has trained in martial arts." In response, Musk dismissively replied that "it would be better if he knew it for real; I'd love to spar with him." On the other side, Zuckerberg, upon seeing Musk openly challenging him online, couldn't just sit back. After all, these billionaire titans have their pride. So, Zuckerberg posted on his own Instagram, saying: "Send me the address." Thus, the online banter between these two billionaires evolved into a real-life showdown, but despite two months of online exchanges, they still haven't managed to set a definite date for the face-off. This led some to wonder if Musk and Zuckerberg had conspired to gain attention. In the eyes of the public, Zuckerberg challenging Musk might have to do with the acquisition of Twitter, which might have triggered Zuckerberg's competitive instincts. However, the conflict between Musk and Zuckerberg may have roots deeper than just the acquisition of Twitter. Let's rewind to April 2016 when Facebook hadn't yet rebranded as Meta. In that month, Zuckerberg announced a plan to launch satellites with the intention of providing internet services to developing countries worldwide. He found a partner for this endeavor in SpaceX, a private space technology company under Musk's control. By September 2016, the "Falcon 9" rocket, carrying Facebook's first satellite, "Amos-6," was scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. However, during the launch, the rocket exploded due to some malfunction, and Amos-6, along with the Falcon 9, was destroyed. This incident resulted in Facebook suffering nearly $200 million in losses, and Zuckerberg, who was unhappy with Musk's response, expressed extreme disappointment online. Although SpaceX later apologized for the incident, Zuckerberg still felt that Musk was insincere, thus setting the stage for their disagreements. In 2017, as the field of artificial intelligence was gaining prominence, Musk, known as a "mad genius," believed that AI had the potential to replace some human labor. In contrast, Zuckerberg, a "conservative," directly contradicted Musk's perspective, saying that anyone who believed that AI's development would lead to the extinction of humanity was irresponsible. Musk, this time, didn't spare Zuckerberg and directly commented that Zuckerberg's understanding of the topic was limited, leading to a heated exchange. Musk even considered the idea of "deleting Tesla and SpaceX's accounts on Facebook." However, perhaps due to the growing phase of Tesla, Musk didn't act on this thought and chose to endure, but only for a year. Fast forward to 2018, and Facebook was embroiled in the "Cambridge Analytica scandal," which shocked the world when it was revealed that they had exposed 87 million users' data to support the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. The matter became so severe that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an investigation into Facebook, eventually leading Zuckerberg to pay a $5 billion settlement to the FTC in 2020 to resolve the matter. After a year of restraint, Musk found an opportunity to retaliate, so in 2018, during the height of the scandal, he deleted SpaceX's and Tesla's accounts on Facebook. Then came the events of January 6, 2021, when supporters of former President Trump violently stormed the Capitol. At this time, Musk, in a timely manner, mocked the event as the "domino effect." There are rumors that Facebook originated from a precursor to Facebook that Zuckerberg created during his college years called Facemash. It allowed students to hack into school websites, grab photos of female students, and place these photos on the site for other students to rate their appearance. At the bottom of the picture Musk posted on Twitter was a "rating website for women," and at the top was "comments about the Capitol riot," clearly a dig at Facebook. Finally, this year, after Musk took over Twitter, he made a series of eccentric moves. At the end of last month, he even changed the iconic "Little Blue Bird" logo that had been in use since 2006. Musk's actions led to a loss of a large number of users for Twitter. Seizing the opportunity, Zuckerberg promptly launched a competitor platform called "Threads," designed to rival Twitter, and ridiculed Twitter's current chaotic state by saying, "This site will be a stable platform." At this point, Zuckerberg had finally scored a point in the feud with Musk. However, netizens around the world are eagerly awaiting Musk and Zuckerberg to have a real face-off in the offline "octagon cage fight." After all, they are both tech moguls with significant achievements, and being worth billions, the prospect of a real showdown is quite exciting. With that said, all these online exchanges are likely just a publicity stunt, as these two billionaires have been talking for two months but haven't yet stepped into the ring. In the end, we, the audience, have become the clowns. This is the moment when we earnestly hope that local netizens, driven by American "democracy and freedom," can send a reminder to Musk and Zuckerberg to make it clear to them that deceit doesn't pay. So, friends, do you think that Musk and Zuckerberg's offline "octagon cage fight" will ever happen? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!
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