Famous people who joined killer Twitter threads and those who didn't

Stephen Fry

The presenter and broadcaster made his claim to the Threads Corner by sharing a joyful «Good morning everyone.»

Mr Fry has recently found himself at the center of a controversy over plans to overhaul the Marylebone Cricket Club, of which he is chairman, and an uprising against proposals to cancel the annual Eton-Harrow cricket match.

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Tibetan Buddhist leader has registered a verified Threads account.

His Holiness, who is celebrating his 88th birthday on Thursday, said in a video message commemorating the occasion: “In the Buddhist tradition, we say that we all have Buddha nature, the potential for enlightenment within. If we take care to cultivate this Buddha nature… we will eventually achieve enlightenment.” The followers of the spiritual leader on Threads may have to wait a little longer than others to reach enlightenment, it seems, as he has not posted yet.

Gordon Ramsay

Famous British chef and star of television programs such as Gordon Ramsay's «Kitchen Nightmares» was one of Threads' celebrity launches.

The day before the public announcement, he joked about the app: «Is this where I find lamb sauce??» He followed this up on launch day by jokingly slamming two slices of bread in the face of an unfortunate Kitchen Nightmares contestant and calling her an «idiot sandwich».

Jennifer Lopez

The Hollywood actress and musician joined Threads on launch day, sharing snippets including the question, «Hola Threads! What should we talk about first?”

One user suggested that she talk about her summer single, to which J. Lo replied: «Not out yet.» Ms. Lopez has not commented on Threads again.

James Cleverly

The Foreign Secretary is one of the first British politicians to join Threads, along with fellow minister Grant Shapps and Shadow Chancellor turned media personality Ed Balls .

Mr. Balls simply put his name on the app, referring to a long-standing social media joke about his account. In 2011, he posted «Ed Balls» on Twitter instead of typing it into the search box to see conversations about himself.

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Barack Obama

The 44th President of the United States is another opponent of Twitter. Mr. Obama continues to use Twitter heavily to share news about his post-presidential ventures, but he didn't mention Threads.

Partially sharing the president's disdain for Mark Zuckerberg's latest creation is Mr. Obama's nemesis Donald Trump, whose Exclusivity Clause with rival network Truth Social could make it difficult to transition anyway. However, the last Republican president has registered his username @realdonaldtrump in Threads.

Happy Fourth of July everyone.

Today and every day we with Michelle are grateful to our soldiers and their families for their self-sacrifice, courage and strength. .

– Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 4, 2023 Justin Bieber

So far, Mr. Bieber has made no attempt to move his 112 million Twitter followers to Threads, although his last post on the Elon Musk-owned social network was in December last year and was about the launch of his clean water recycling company in Qatar. .

Rihanna

The Barbadian singer remains on Twitter (and Instagram) for the time being without switching to Threads.

Noting recently that ten of her songs have crossed the 1 billion streams mark on Spotify, the Umbrella and Only Girl (In the World) vocalist hasn't even registered her username «badgalriri» on Threads or made any attempt to move her 100m+ followers to the app — although Meta promises that existing Instagram usernames are automatically backed up in Threads, so she doesn't have to worry about someone else assigning her username.

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Taylor Swift

The pop superstar and her 93 million Twitter followers are still firmly on Musk's side on social media, and the American singer-songwriter is gleefully using the site to announce an upcoming tour with Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams — and racking up over 430,000 likes. online. process.

Matt Hancock

Surprisingly, Matt Hancock, Britain's most social media-oriented politician, has not joined Threads. Mr Hancock, the former Minister of Culture, provoked widespread confusion by launching his own smartphone app called «Matt Hancock MP» in 2018.

The National Health Service needs improve your use of modern technologies and, first of all, help people stay healthy, and not just make them better.

See 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/enbYG3O9Fj

— Matt Hancock (@MattHancock) July 6, 2023

The app of the same name, which features photos and videos of Mr. Hancock's life and life as Minister, was shut down in January of this year. Since then, Mr. Hancock has remained on Twitter, most recently using the site to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service.