In what might be a late April Fools’ joke or Twitter CEO Elon Musk exercising his perception that nothing is extra eye-catching than a canine picture, the social media app has changed its iconic blue chook emblem with a doge meme.
Proper on the prime of the Twitter homepage is an image of Kabosu, the Shiba Inu that impressed the notorious doge meme. The meme dates again to 2010 when a quizzical picture of Kabosu went viral on-line. Individuals began referring to it as ‘doge,’ which finally impressed the cryptocurrency ‘Dogecoin,’ created in 2013.
Musk additionally posted a screenshot with the caption “As promised”, exhibiting a dialog between him and a Twitter consumer the place he instructed Musk “just buy Twitter” and “change the bird logo to a doge”. To this, Musk responded: “Haha that would sick”.
The transfer is gutsy of Musk, given the replace got here amid a [$258 million racketeering lawsuit][2] accusing him of working a pyramid scheme to advertise Dogecoin.
DogeCoin’s official Twitter account posted a really 2010 meme to have fun the information.
Netizens discover Musk’s newest transfer fairly weird.
Individuals are questioning if the app’s identify might be modified as properly.
Many are getting irritated by the replace.
Some name it an important technique by Musk to realize cash.
We’re equally weirded out by this unusual new replace and to be sincere, we already miss the enduring blue chook. We’re #TeamBlueBird, regardless of how cute the doge could also be.
[2]: https://www.reuters.com/authorized/elon-musk-seeks-end-258-billion-dogecoin-lawsuit-2023-04-01/#:~:textual content=NEW%20YORKpercent2C%20March%2031%20(Reuters,to%20help%20the%20cryptocurrency%20Dogecoin.
