Twitter logo replaced with ‘doge’ as mystery swap leaves millions baffled – meaning behind ‘dog head’ symbol revealed
TWITTER users have been left confused after a mysterious symbol appeared as the new logo on the platform.
In the upper left-hand corner, you can see a "Doge" icon, which many associate with the Dogecoin cryptocurrency.
Usually, Twitter's blue bird symbol appears in this spot.
Elon Musk, the billionaire who owns Twitter, has long been associated with Doge.
He's been one of Doge's biggest proponents in the past.
The Twitter and Tesla CEO just of Doge being pulled over in a car.
The dog is illustrated stating: "That's an old photo."
Lots of fans have replied with their own Doge memes and have praised the change.
Musk got this idea from an official Dogecoin account.
It tweeted the and the billionaire simply replied: "Nice."
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However, some users have tweeted their disappointment and confusion.
One person tweeted: "Doge for some reason is showing up on Twitter and I can only assume this was supposed to be an April Fools joke that took 3 days to roll out because no one knows how the site works anymore."
Another said: "Elon what the f**k are you even doing with Twitter at this point why is the bird logo a f**king doge?"
What is Dogecoin?
Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency first launched in 2013.
It uses the image of a Shiba Inu dog as its logo.
The image became a popular internet meme called doge, and it features the dog surrounded by text in comic sans font with words like "much wow".
Software engineers Jackson Palmer and Billy Markus originally created Dogecoin as a joke based on this meme.
It has been marketed as the "fun" version of Bitcoin, gaining value and eventually attracting more serious interest.