On Saturday evening, the embattled tech CEO introduced his plans to retire the positioning’s iconic blue chicken emblem and rebrand the platform underneath the x.com area with a brand new emblem.
“And shortly we will bid adieu to the twitter model and, steadily, all of the birds” Musk tweeted.
Rolling out the rebrand in real-time, he instructed followers, “If a adequate X emblem is posted tonight, we’ll make go reside worldwide tomorrow.”
Hours later, Musk unveiled a glowing X graphic in a video, describing the design as partially Artwork Deco-inspired. He additionally mentioned tweets will probably be known as an X and followers will probably be known as viewers, just like YouTube and TikTok’s phrasing.
Pointing to his long-held love of X’s, the CEO posted a photo of himself on the 2012 launch of the Tesla mannequin X.
“Undecided what delicate clues gave it method, however I just like the letter X,” he wrote whereas crossing his arms “X-Males”-style within the photograph.
One other trace? He and singer Grimes name their son X Æ A-XII by “X.”
The Twitter chicken has been round for the reason that web site’s inception in 2006. Co-founder Biz Stone mentioned he named the chicken Larry T. Chicken, in honor of the NBA legend Larry Chicken.