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Elon
Musk
said
Sunday
he
was
looking
to
change
Twitter’s
logo,
tweeting:
“And
soon
we
shall
bid
adieu
to
the
twitter
brand
and,
gradually,
all
the
birds.”
In
a
post
on
the
site
at
12:06
a.m.,
the
social
media
platform’s
billionaire
owner
added:
“If
a
good
enough
X
logo
is
posted
tonight,
we’ll
make
(it)
go
live
worldwide
tomorrow.”
Musk
posted
an
image
of
a
flickering
“X”,
and
later
in
a
Twitter
Spaces
audio
chat
replied
“Yes”
when
asked
if
the
Twitter
logo
will
change,
adding
that
“it
should
have
been
done
a
long
time
ago.”
Under
Musk’s
tumultuous
tenure
since
he
bought
Twitter
in
October,
the
company
has
changed
its
business
name
to
X
Corp,
reflecting
the
billionaire’s
vision
to
create
a
“super
app”
like
China’s
WeChat.
The
company
did
not
immediately
respond
to
a
request
for
comment.
Twitter’s
website
says
its
logo,
depicting
a
blue
bird,
is
“our
most
recognizable
asset.”
“That’s
why
we’re
so
protective
of
it,”
it
added.
The
bird
was
temporarily
replaced
in
April
by
Dogecoin’s
Shiba
Inu
dog,
helping
drive
a
surge
in
the
meme
coin’s
market
value.
The
company
came
under
widespread
criticism
from
users
and
marketing
professionals
when
Musk
announced
early
this
month
that
Twitter
would
limit
how
many
tweets
per
day
various
accounts
can
read.
The
daily
limits
helped
in
the
growth
of
Meta-owned
rival
service
Threads,
which
crossed
100
million
sign-ups
within
five
days
of
launch.
Twitter’s
most
recent
complication
was
a
lawsuit
filed
on
Tuesday
claiming
the
firm
owes
at
least
$500
million
in
severance
pay
to
former
employees.
Since
Musk
acquired
it,
the
company
has
laid
off
more
than
half
its
workforce
to
cut
costs.
