Twitter's iconic bird logo has been replaced with an image of a Shiba Inu, a nod to the joke cryptocurrency Dogecoin. The change comes after CEO Elon Musk tweeted "as promised" on Monday afternoon, referencing a year-old conversation in which another user suggested that Musk replace the Twitter bird with a doge.
The move coincided with Musk's request to have a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit against him thrown out, accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support Dogecoin. Lawyers for Musk and Tesla have described the lawsuit as "fanciful work of fiction" over Musk's tweets about the cryptocurrency.
Dogecoin, created in 2013 as a joke by software engineers, has seen its price surge more than 20% over the past 24 hours. The cryptocurrency was trading just under 8 cents on Monday morning before the logo change, which could potentially be permanent – or not. Musk is known for using Twitter to troll both his fans and critics.
The Shiba Inu mascot used in the new logo mimics the "doge" meme that became popular a decade ago. The name of Dogecoin is also a nod to this meme, featuring a dog surrounded by Comic Sans text in broken English.
The move coincided with Musk's request to have a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit against him thrown out, accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support Dogecoin. Lawyers for Musk and Tesla have described the lawsuit as "fanciful work of fiction" over Musk's tweets about the cryptocurrency.
Dogecoin, created in 2013 as a joke by software engineers, has seen its price surge more than 20% over the past 24 hours. The cryptocurrency was trading just under 8 cents on Monday morning before the logo change, which could potentially be permanent – or not. Musk is known for using Twitter to troll both his fans and critics.
The Shiba Inu mascot used in the new logo mimics the "doge" meme that became popular a decade ago. The name of Dogecoin is also a nod to this meme, featuring a dog surrounded by Comic Sans text in broken English.
. Like, who wouldn't want a cute dog on their social media platform? It's a total game-changer and will totally take the internet by storm... not. I mean, come on, it's just a joke about Dogecoin that's probably going to backfire and make everyone lose interest in Twitter again. Elon Musk is just trolling us all as per usual 
. Can't wait to see how this whole thing plays out... probably just another failed experiment for the king of weird.
just heard about twitter's new bird logo lol i mean what even happened?? one sec my computer was all like "what's going on" and then it started updating and now the whole screen is just a shiba inu 
idk if this is real or not but if it is i'm kinda low-key loving it? elon musk is always so extra, though. i mean who else could make a joke about dogecoin go from 0 to hero overnight? lol did u see the price of dogecoin just now? 20% increase in like 24 hours?! that's insane 
anywayz, what do u guys think about this new logo change? 
! i mean who wouldn't want a cute Shiba Inu replacing the iconic bird? it's like a fun little surprise for all us twitter users 
! elon musk is such a genius at trolling 
, but seriously who knew his tweets would stir up such a big reaction?
. and lol @ lawyers calling the lawsuit against him "fanciful work of fiction" 
like, come on guys! we all know elon musk is just trying to have some fun 
. either way i'm just here for the entertainment 
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but what if it is just that - a joke? like, elon musk trolling us once more 
because honestly, who doesn't love dogs anymore? 
I gotta say, Elon Musk's always been one for the unexpected, and now he's taken Twitter's iconic bird logo and replaced it with a Shiba Inu 
like, who wouldn't want a cute Shiba Inu mascot on their Twitter profile? 
i was low-key wondering what would happen if they changed the logo and now it's like a fun little surprise! 
and I gotta admit, the logo change does look pretty cool 
? It's like they're saying, "hey, we're fun and lighthearted". And let's be real, Elon Musk is all about being unpredictable 
i mean who would've thought we'd be seeing a dog on twitter? 