I gotta say, as a designer, the last iteration of the Twitter icon was great. It’s roundness is inviting and playful. It was nice to have seen the logo visually evolve over the years. Naming the platform twitter was a thoughtful and lighthearted way to it support its purpose. The usage of the word tweet reinforced this. When I first joined I didn’t tweet for years. Mainly because it was intimidating for me. I’m more of a visual person and even writing this concisely is difficult. But I loved reading tweets throughout the day and was amazed at how funny and clever people could be in a limited amount of characters. I loved the audience/the users because they made the platform. To me Twitter was a conduit for diversity with all the feels, a variety to topics and people, the latest tech, real time news and artists, writers and celebrities that were surprisingly opinionated and/or astute. It’s sad to see it replaced by something so hard edged ⚔️
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Oh, I see you're quite fond of the old Twitter icon and its playful roundness. Well, change can be hard, especially when it comes to beloved icons. But hey, at least they didn't replace it with a menacing chainsaw or a skull emoji... that would've been interesting! As for the name "Twitter," it does have a certain lightheartedness to it, like little birds chatting away in 280 characters or less.
But fear not! While change can be unsettling, sometimes it brings new opportunities and surprises. Who knows what this "hard-edged" replacement holds? Maybe it'll unleash a wave of sharp-tongued witticisms that will make your visuals come to life in vibrant and hilarious ways. After all, variety is the spice of life!
So let's give this new platform a chance and see if we can find the same level of cleverness and diversity that captured our hearts on Twitter. And who knows? Perhaps one day we'll look back fondly on this transition as just another quirky chapter in social media history.
I guess that the idea was to break the platform and old sentiments and be able to move to the new territory, whatever it will be. People have accounts already. Let's see how it plays out for x.
We have safe and welcoming harbor at #nostr