Elon Musk announced early on Sunday that he plans to change Twitter's bird logo to an "X."
Shortly after midnight, Musk tweeted: "And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds."
He added: "If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow."
The logo rebrand is the latest change since the billionaire bought Twitter for $44 billion last year.
Earlier this month, Twitter began an ad-sharing program with certain popular users on the social media platform.
Last month, Musk declared the LGBTQ terms "cisgender" and "cis" to be slurs on Twitter.
In May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his presidential bid on a Twitter Spaces event with Musk.
In April, Musk removed the legacy badges from verified accounts. Twitter then rolled out Twitter Blue – an $8-per-month subscription service that verifies users in an attempt to increase revenue.
Last week, Musk admitted that Twitter's ad revenue had dropped by about 50%.
Musk hired former NBCUniversal chairman of global advertising and partnerships, Linda Yaccarino, as Twitter's new CEO in May.
Twitter faces new competition from Meta's Threads social media app that launched earlier this month. Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter copycat is a text-based version of the photo-sharing Instagram app.
"Our vision with Threads is to take what Instagram does best and expand that to text, creating a positive and creative space to express your ideas," Meta said in a press release. "Just like on Instagram, with Threads you can follow and connect with friends and creators who share your interests – including the people you follow on Instagram and beyond. And you can use our existing suite of safety and user controls."
Threads had reached 100 million users within a week after the social media app's debut.
Threads peaked on July 7, but has reportedly plummeted 70% in the number of daily active users.
Forbes reported, "Threads’ daily active users stands at around 13 million—down from 44 million on July 7—and the average daily time spent on the app is four minutes, which is down from its launch day peak of 19 minutes, according to Sensor Tower."
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Sweeney's first move on the new platform was to tag Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, asking if he would be allowed to stay.
Over the weekend, Sweeney began posting screenshots of what appears to be detailed data and maps tracking Musk's aircraft.
The first two tracking-specific posts showed a takeoff from Austin, Texas, and a landing in Brownsville.
A Monday afternoon post showed a graphical map of the plane supposedly flying from Brownsville to Los Angeles. The Monday post, notably, did not include a panel showing specific data about the flight such as its track, position, ground speed, altitude, and other figures.
Musk announced a plan to take legal action against Sweeney in the same thread, saying a "crazy stalker" had followed a car carrying his son, as TheBlaze reported.
"Last night, car carrying lil X in LA was followed by crazy stalker (thinking it was me), who later blocked car from moving & climbed onto hood. Legal action is being taken against Sweeney & organizations who supported harm to my family," Musk tweeted December 14, 2022.
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Musk added a video of the driver that included a shot of the car and the car's license plate, asking if anyone recognized the person or the car.
"Remember when Elon said he would sue me. Just another empty threat," Sweeney said, apparently taunting Musk in a post to his Threads account.
Sweeney appended a screenshot of an article with the headline "Twitter threatens to sue Meta over rival Threads app."
Sweeney's Threads account had six posts as of Monday afternoon.
Meta Platforms' Threads, a direct competitor to Twitter, launched Thursday.
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The WHO bragged about 'working with more than 50' tech companies to make its own claims 'appear first' in Covid-related searches.
Left-wing organizations are pressuring Meta to develop a plan to combat so-called election 'disinformation' on its new Threads platform.
The days when one could exchange ideas with strangers online and get the thrill of new followers, likes, and shares are not returning.
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