Its always interesting to read fun banters between brands. With recent examples of Zomato and Swiggy playfully nudging each other on New Year’s Eve, here’s presenting another, one between Instagram and Twitter, two massively used social media platforms.
Now to start with, Elon Musk recently acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter. And he held a poll, asking twitter users and his followers, if they wanted an edit button on Twitter. The results showed that a vast majority wanted and Edit button on this social media platform.
Do you want an edit button?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2022
Now, if reports are to be believed, Twitter has been working on an Edit button since some time now, as they received a lot many requests from their users. And to confirm the same, Twitter tweeted on its official handle, that they have started testing on the same.
now that everyone is asking…
yes, we’ve been working on an edit feature since last year!
no, we didn’t get the idea from a poll 😉
we're kicking off testing within @TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months to learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.
— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) April 5, 2022
However, with this news, an old tweet by Instagram was suddenly found going viral, in which Instagram had had announced of bringing back its much-requested chronological feed.
We heard you loud and clear — chrono is back! 🚨
Two new chronological views have been added to your Feed. Tap “Instagram” on the top left of your app to switch between Favorites and Following. pic.twitter.com/737vVmo9aV
— Instagram (@instagram) March 23, 2022
But to this, Twitter responded hilariously, by posting a bold and cheeky Miranda Priestly dialogue!
— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) March 23, 2022
Instagram, made a comeback, pointing out that Twitter needed an Edit button, inviting peals of laughter from netizens.
— Instagram (@instagram) March 23, 2022
The Twitterati were on a roll and had some epic comments and replies.
Instagram wins that round
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) March 23, 2022
"📞 911 … I would like to report a murder!"
🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/t1SY5MEjtr— K R Y S T i N A ⌘ (@KrystinaSferlaz) March 24, 2022
Instagram bodied Twitter from the top rope. https://t.co/BqjZPziuPQ
— Dylan Reeve (@DylanReeve) March 25, 2022
Instagram came to ratio Twitter… ON TWITTER. https://t.co/3Yx8UENic5
— 🐼 gвє∂υ мαѕтєя 🐼 (@iDREYY) March 24, 2022
And so, this is how Twitter was roasted on Twitter, by Instagram!