Doge Takes Twitter By Storm
Read why Elon's jokes keep becoming reality
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For three days last week, the Doge meme replaced the iconic blue bird as Twitter’s logo.
The change unleashed a flood of memes across Twitter, and once again, Doge was the talk of the town.
Let’s do a play-by-play breakdown of how the blue bird became the yellow dog, and what’s next for Dogecoin.
Last Monday afternoon, without warning, the Doge meme became Twitter’s logo.
For the next three days, dogs ruled the roost. In a stretch reminiscent of the 2021 Dogecoin Rise, Doge memes took over Twitter.
The event will go down in history: for the first time ever, a social media company made a meme into its mascot.
Here are a few highlights:
Dominos UK account posted a revised logo and tweeted “Dogemino’s.”. Elon acknowledged the new logo by liking the tweet.
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested more Twitter logo designs.
All-In Podcast’s Jason Calacanis (and potential San Fran mayoral candidate) thumbed his nose at the haters by buying more Dogecoin.
Elon also got in on the act by posting a meme of Twitter’s logo metamorphosing from bird to Doge.
News of Twitter’s change caught the attention of Fox Business reporter Susan Li, one of few Doge sympathizers in the media and foil to her perpetually Doge-skeptical colleague Stuart Varney.
The idea of making Doge the Twitter logo dates back to a March 2022 exchange between Elon and the account Wall Street Bets Chairman.
The fact that Elon followed through sets an encouraging precedent for other Dogecoin-related ideas he’s posted, including Doge payments for Twitter Blue, accepting Doge for SpaceX merch, and selling Teslas for Doge
His antics didn’t end with the logo change. On Wednesday, pictures went viral of Twitter’s HQ with the ‘W’ covered over.
The Titter gag traces to a now-deleted poll from last April.
Thursday afternoon, the original bird logo abruptly returned.
Titter, on the other hand, is here to say.
Sunday night, Elon posted a photo of HQ with the sign’s ‘W’ painted over.
The dust is still settling from a wild week, but the hi-jinx are perhaps the biggest indication yet that Elon is serious about integrating Dogecoin with Twitter.
The big questions now is what’s next for the bird app and the dog coin?
One possibility is to allow users to pay for Twitter Blue in Dogecoin. Elon floated that idea last April.
Blue currently operates as a monthly subscription. It’s not clear how recurring payments would work with crypto.
A solution that makes sense is for Twitter to offer a yearly bundle option to pay in Doge.
Twitter could also integrate Doge with its much anticipated Twitter Coins feature to allow tipping for content creators.
No matter what happens next, Twitter’s latest Doge dalliance is a strong signal: Elon’s jokes have a pattern of becoming reality.
Folks are catching on. Dogecoin trended consistently over the last week, and social media mentions of crypto have been spiking near all-time highs in recent days.
So what do you think: was Twitter’s Doge logo a flash in the pan?
Or did we just witness a monumental step for the joke currency to become the real currency?
Dogey Treats: News Bites
Twitter users discovered an easter egg that made the Doge logo spin. Crypto exchange Kraken tweeted “much wow” after the logo change.
Condom brand Durex included a Doge meme in a recent ad.
Former NFL receiver Dez Bryant tweeted a photo of his Dogecoin chain.
Ralph Lauren now accepts Dogecoin at its new Miami Design District store.
Elon tweeted a Doge joke Sunday night.
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