The “blue bird” emblem, which formerly served as a home button on the online version of the microblogging site, has been altered for Twitter.
Twitter’s logo was modified: Since taking over as CEO of Twitter in October of last year, Elon Musk has frequently made news for implementing new regulations and adjustments to the microblogging platform. As he continued, the 51-year-old billionaire updated Twitter once again, replacing the recognisable “blue bird” logo with the “doge” joke from the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. The Shiba Inu dog’s face may be seen on the “doge” meme.
Interestingly, the online version’s home button is the “blue bird” emblem. The “doge” meme, which is a component of the Dogecoin blockchain and cryptocurrency emblem and was created as a joke in 2013, was picked up on by Twitter users on Monday.
The “doge” meme is in the car and informs the policeman, who looks to be looking at his driver’s licence, that his photo has been updated, in a funny post that Musk also posted on his account.
No change on Twitter’s mobile app
Notably, the Twitter mobile app remained unchanged. It is important to note that the Shiba Inu-based doge graphic is well-known as the emblem of the Dogecoin blockchain and cryptocurrency, which was developed in 2013 as a joke to parody other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, according to ANI quoting Variety.
Moreover, the CEO of Twitter released a snapshot of a chat he had with the user who wanted to modify the bird emblem to “doge.” Musk tweeted a link to this article and added, “As promised.” The debate in question happened on March 26, 2022.
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Dogecoin’s value shot up following changes
Variety reports that Musk is a well-known superfan of the “Doge meme” and that he pushed Dogecoin on Twitter and while presenting “Saturday Night Live” last year. The price of Dogecoin surged by more than 20% following the modification of Twitter’s online logo. Previously, on February 15, Musk tweeted a picture of the Dogecoin blockchain and cryptocurrency logo on his account while masquerading as the CEO and writing, “The new CEO of Twitter is great,” demonstrating his appreciation for the “doge” cryptocurrency.
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It’s important to note here that Musk took over Twitter’s management in October 2022. After months of uncertainty and a long legal dispute, the $44 billion sale was finally agreed upon. Musk spent months attempting to back out of the agreement after first agreeing to purchase the business in April, initially expressing worries about the amount of bots on the platform and then charges made by a corporate whistleblower. Musk reportedly traded Tesla stock worth about $8.5 billion to help pay for the purchase of Twitter.
