Ilon Musk has announced that Twitter will get rid of the bird-shaped logo
By ForGeeks Ilon Musk has said he plans to ditch the Twitter logo, and has even started asking users for ideas for a new X-shaped logo. In a tweet posted on Saturday night, Musk said that if he was offered a good enough X logo in the evening, the company would switch to it on Sunday.
In a tweet posted on Saturday night, Musk said that if he was offered a good enough X logo in the evening, the company would switch to it on Sunday.
«Soon we will bid farewell to the Twitter brand and, gradually, to all birds» — Musk wrote in his tweet.
Soon we will say goodbye to the Twitter brand and, gradually, to all birds», — Musk wrote in his tweet.
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Since buying the company for $44 billion last October, Twitter’s owner has endured a turbulent period that includes mass layoffs, a battle with advertisers, and now the arrival of a new competitor in the form of the Threads app.
Fidelity estimates that Twitter’s value is now about a third of what Musk paid for it, and last week he said the company was still losing money because of its heavy debt load and advertising revenue halving.
Fidelity estimates that Twitter’s value is now about a third of what Musk paid for it, and last week he said the company was still losing money because of its heavy debt load and advertising revenue halving.
Beyond all the turmoil, however, Musk plans to rethink how the social network operates. He has long promoted the idea of creating a «app for everything» called «X». In April, Bloomberg reported that Musk had incorporated Twitter into X Corp. one of three holding companies that Musk created last April.
Musk’s company is now a part of X Corp.
It’s not yet clear what the app will look like, but Musk suggested it will be inspired by Tencent’s WeChat. That Chinese app allows users to text and video chat, play games, share photos, order rides and food, and do banking and shopping.
Musk’s WeChat app will be inspired by Tencent’s WeChat.
