THREADS: Adekunle Gold, Ebuka, Other Nigerian Celebrities Join New Social Media App

Following the launch of a new social media app, Threads, by Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, a trove of Nigerian celebrities and influencers are now migrating to the platform.

Nigerian musicians including Adekunle Gold, Blaqbonez, Chike, Sean Tizzle, Maleek Berry, YCEE, Dremo, Bayani and Darey Art Alade have joined the app touted to rival Twitter.

Others include nollywood stars Alexx Ekubo, Beverly Naya, Ruth Kadiri and Ronke Odusanya.

Skitmakers Mr Macaroni, Crazeclown, Josh2funny, comedian Kennyblaq and TV host, Ebuka have also joined the platform.

Other celebrities on the app include film producers Pheelz and Samklef; social media influencers Tunde Ednut and Linda Ikeji; health influencer, Aproko Doctor.

In his first post on the platform Mr Macaroni said, “Nothing to dread using thread, It’s the same playbook from the owner of Facebook”

Ebuka on his part posted a picture of himself and captioned it, “Twitter never saw this”

Meta CEO, Zuckerberg described the new app as an open, friendly space for conversation.

The release of Threads comes days after Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, announced the controversial decision to limit the number of tweets that users can view per day.

The new app has a very similar layout to Twitter, with many of the same major features.

Posts on Threads can be up to 500 characters long and include links, pictures, and videos of up to five minutes.