When memes go meta: #GoodByeTwitter goes viral on Twitter
Hashtags about the death of Twitter are greatly exaggerated. Or are they?
On Friday (Manila time), #RIPTwitter #GoodByeTwitter TWITTER IS SHUTTING DOWN went viral on the microblogging app after Elon Musk temporarily closed Twitter’s offices until November 21. This development comes after hundreds of key employees quit in response to Musk’s ultimatum to either leave or commit to work for “long hours at high intensity.”
Surprisingly (or not), the app continued to work without a glitch despite the internal conflicts caused by Musk’s vision for a profitable, leaner Twitter. Responding to a tweet asking for clarification of rumors about Twitter’s possible shutdown, Musk said that “the best people are staying” and he isn’t “super worried.”
Twitter is where memes and trending topics rule, so it’s only fitting that the world’s town square became the subject of funny tweets. Here are a few of the most liked and re-tweeted.
