2023-07-23 19:38:48
Twitter will tell you goodbye to his iconic “little bird”. This was announced by businessman Elon Musk, owner of the social network, who through a series of tweets insinuated that, in a very short time, the platform will have “a farewell to the brand”.
Apparently the isotype will be replaced by the letter “X”.
The first indication was revealed by Musk during the early hours of this Sunday. Through a short video, users were able to appreciate how the image of the Twitter bird mutated into a letter “X” that blinked a couple of times.
Without further details, and with a great enigma regarding him, in a matter of hours the publication had already had more than 18 million views, close to 100,000 ‘likes’, and more than 10,000 comments.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 23, 2023
Soon, the businessman came out to explain. «Soon we will say goodbye to the Twitter brand and, little by little, to all the birds.”Musk wrote.
Already at dawn, the tycoon launched a challenging post: «If a good enough X logo is published tonight, we will post it worldwide tomorrow“, wrote. And it seems that one liked it, because the logo change It would take place this Monday.
Not satisfied, Musk wrote more on the subject. “I’m not sure what subtle clues they gave it, but I like the letter X”; and in another he expressed that «If X is closest in style to something, it should, of course, be Art Deco.”.
Not sure what subtle clues gave it way, but I like the letter X pic.twitter.com/nwB2tEfLr8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 23, 2023
Twitter: the change of era by the hand of Elon Musk
After his arrival on the social network, Musk implemented important changes. This month a limit had been set on the number of views, a gesture widely criticized by users and advertisers.
Now, he decided to go deeper and from this Sunday if he goes to a search engine “X.com” The Twitter tab will open directly. In other words, just by mentioning the letter “X” the web already links it directly with the social network.
Exactly, X.com was an internet bank co-founded by Musk in March 1999. That site would later merge with Confinity and its name was changed to the well-known PayPal.
Musk had hired veteran NBC Universal executive Linda Yaccarino as CEO of Twitter last May in an effort to regain the trust of sponsors.
Advertisers are crucial to Musk and Twitter following many left the platform in the first few months since he acquired the company. fearing their brands would suffer in the ensuing chaos.
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