One other day, one other spherical of confusion over on Twitter with the corporate altering its acquainted chook icon for one thing that shall be instantly acquainted to some. The Doge is right here, and no one actually is aware of why that’s. It is not clear whether or not even Twitter CEO Elon Musk is aware of why at this level.
Twitter has been in an nearly fixed state of turmoil since Elon Musk picked it up for $44 billion in late 2022, however this newest change is a wierd one even by Twitter’s requirements. The Twitter chook that is been an indicator of the social media outfit for years is now gone. Instead, we now have Doge – though the Twitter apps nonetheless have the icon we have all come to count on. For now, the Doge has solely taken over the web site.
What’s taking place and who’s that canine?
The switchover occurred two days after April Fools, which has some folks questioning if it is only a prank that took too lengthy to implement or, simply as attainable, no one knew the right way to do it. Twitter’s mass layoffs have left it severely understaffed in some key areas and it is attainable it simply took too lengthy to get the icon converted.
Regardless of the motive for the delay, Doge is now right here and we do not know why that’s.
For the uninitiated, Doge got here to prominence as a cryptocurrency meme coin, known as Dogecoin, that was made in style by, you guessed it, Elon Musk. And as The Verge rightly notes, the worth of Doge elevated as soon as everybody began to see it on Twitter. It is also thought that total web searches for the coin elevated in consequence.
Whether or not or not Musk is solely attempting to “pump the inventory” because the cool children say, we’d by no means know. However for now, Twitter is much less concerning the little birdy and extra about that (admittedly very cute) doggie.
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