New Delhi: A doge is appearing on the top left corner of the Twitter feed home screen on the desktop. The reason is, Twitter CEO Elon Musk substituted the iconic blue bird Twitter logo with the Doge on Monday.
The Doge is a Shiba Inu dog meme, which is also the logo of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency that was created in 2013.
Elon Musk has been making a lot of changes at the social media giant since he took over the company last October. This is the latest change he made to the platform.
Why Musk replaced the icon?
Musk is a stringent supporter of Dogecoin; thus, he even once noted that Tesla accepted Dogecoin as payment for merchandise and confirmed that SpaceX would also do the same. As per Bloomberg, Dogecoin rose by 30 per cent after the picture of the doge meme appeared on the platform.
Users reaction
Twitter handlers are asking questions Musk why he has changed the logo. Musk posted two humorous tweets about his move.
pic.twitter.com/wmN5WxUhfQ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2023
One of his tweets shows the face of the 'Doge' meme driving a car while a police officer checking the driving license which displays the 'old' blue bird logo. The Doge tells the cop "that's an old photo".
In the second tweet, Musk shared a screenshot of an old conversation with a user who asked him to "buy Twitter and change the bird logo to a doge". He said in the tweet it's done "as promised".
As promised pic.twitter.com/Jc1TnAqxAV
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2023