



In a bizarre move, Elon Musk, the new owner and CEO of Twitter, who acquired the company for $44 billion last fall, has weirdly altered the sign outside the company’s San Francisco headquarters.
He arranged for the “w” in the Twitter logo to be painted white, blending into the background, leaving the word “Titter” on display.
Musk took to Twitter to explain the change, tweeting on Sunday, “Our landlord at SF HQ says we’re legally required to keep sign as Twitter & cannot remove ‘w’, so we painted it background color. Problem solved!” In a follow-up tweet, he joked, “They tried to muffle our titter.”
On Monday, Musk also changed his Twitter profile name to “Harry Bōlz” and quipped, “On the Internet, I’m only 3 inches tall (best case).”
Several Twitter users who passed by the company’s headquarters in downtown San Francisco shared images of the obscured “w” in the company name.
However, not everyone was amused by the change.
Programmer William LeGate tweeted, “Elon Musk, in a remarkable show of maturity, has removed the W from Twitter’s logo outside their San Francisco HQ.”
Musk has been making waves at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters since completing his $44 billion acquisition of the social media giant last fall.
As the deal was about to officially close, Musk walked into the building carrying a sink, a play on the popular internet meme: “Let that sink in.”
Furthermore, he sought to auction off items from the company offices, including kitchen appliances, Twitter sculptures, furniture, and office plants.
In late December, Twitter was sued by its landlord for allegedly ducking out on rent.
At the time the lawsuit was filed, the company is said to have owed $136,260 in unpaid rent.
Musk also faced issues with San Francisco zoning regulations when he had staffers sleep in their offices overnight, prompting the city to launch a review.
Under Musk’s management, thousands of employees were laid off, and costs were cut, including cleaning and security staff.
With Elon Musk’s bold decisions and sometimes bizarre and contradictory actions since acquiring Twitter, the future of the company remains uncertain.


