Mike Masnick ✅Apr 3, 2023

Interesting timing of Twitter changing its logo to the Doge dog... just as Elon is trying to get out of a (stupid, likely to fail) lawsuit arguing that he pumped & dumped dogecoin.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/3/23668356/twitter-doge-bird-logo-retweet-labels-following-timeline

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-crypto-dogecoin-tesla-1850293273

Today in Twitter: where are the retweet labels, and why did Doge replace the bird?

Twitter is having a normal one: the bird logo has been replaced by a Doge icon, and retweets are showing up on people’s following timelines without any labels marking them as such.

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Show threadBlake LeonardApr 3, 2023
@mmasnick Twitter posts I found while logged out suggest that the logo change was maybe done so that it shows up instead of the lawsuit when you search for it.
Show threadKeith Ivey
@blake @mmasnick I saw one that suggested he was following in Boris Johnson's footsteps in attempting to manipulate news search results.
https://gizmodo.com/did-boris-johnson-ramble-about-model-buses-to-manipulat-1835903361
Did Boris Johnson Ramble About Model Buses to Manipulate Google's Search Results?

Boris Johnson might soon become the Prime Minister of the UK after Theresa May stepped down in disgrace following her failed attempts to exit the European Union. And that means Johnson has been giving lots of interviews lately, including one with Britain’s TalkRadio, where Johnson rambled on about how he enjoys making…

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Apr 3, 2023 at 7:29pmTusky