Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter’s logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.”
In a post on the site at 12:06 a.m. ET, the social media platform’s billionaire owner added: “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make (it) go live worldwide tomorrow.”
Musk posted an image of a flickering “X”, and later in a Twitter Spaces audio chat replied “Yes” when asked if the Twitter logo will change, adding that “it should have been done a long time ago.”
Under Musk’s tumultuous tenure, since he bought Twitter in October, the company has changed its business name to X Corp, reflecting the billionaire’s vision to create a “super app” like China’s WeChat.
If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 23, 2023
Twitter’s website says its logo, depicting a blue bird, is “our most recognizable asset.”
“That’s why we’re so protective of it,” it added.
The bird was temporarily replaced in April by Dogecoin’s Shiba Inu dog, helping drive a surge in the meme coin’s market value.
The company came under widespread criticism from users and marketing professionals when Musk announced early this month that Twitter would limit how many tweets per day various accounts can read.
The daily limits helped in the growth of Meta-owned rival service Threads, which crossed 100 million sign-ups within five days of launch.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 23, 2023
Twitter’s most recent complication was a lawsuit filed on Tuesday claiming the firm owes at least $500 million in severance pay to former employees.
Since Musk acquired it, the company has laid off more than half its workforce to cut costs.
i dont use tik tok ….but occasionally i use twitter. it wont let me write as much as i need to when posting….so i avoided it in the past….but on occasion things i want to post wont go to facebook or on like on here but will go to twitter…also i may want more people to see what im writing meaning people who arent my fly or my friends but other people in the world….or i see somethings i have to write about…
Elon, those stupid critics you have at Twitter blocked me for calling Joey Biden “Biteme joey”. Considering all the vile thimgs the demoncreeps utter, my post was mild mild mild.
threads lost most of it’s accounts too..too difficult, people didn’t like it
The internet doesn’t Determine my thinking.
No more ” mean tweets?”..are we gonna call them “mean X’s?” Either way..zero fucks given..never used twitter. I WOULD like to see the Tucker things..but no..too much social media is toxic. Mtabe Elon could change to “angry birds”.