Twitter scraps press email's auto-reply poop emoji
Twitter's auto-reply poop emoji to press inquiries is no more.
Back in March, owner Elon Musk announced that Twitter's press email would now auto-reply to every message with a poop emoji:
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This came months after mass layoffs at Twitter in November last year, with the communications department "almost entirely" gutted.
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Now, in July, the press email has a different auto-response: "We'll get back to you soon."
Musk tweeted about this change this week, stating, "We are changing the auto-reply from 💩 to a 'We will get back to you soon' infinite loop." In a reply to that he said, "Or maybe a 'Check with us again tomorrow' loop."
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As Insider muses, this press reply change may be due to leadership shifts at the company. Twitter's new CEO Linda Yaccarino started last month; her first message to employees stated that she would follow Musk's vision, but dressed it in more corporate speak. It makes sense, then, that Twitter changed its auto-reply to something more palatable — even if it is just as meaningless.
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Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review. Follow her on Bluesky.
