Twitter’s auto-reply emoji for press inquiries is no more.
In March, owner Elon Musk announced that Twitter’s press email will now automatically respond to any message with a missing emoji:
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It came months after Twitter’s mass layoffs in November last year, with the communications department “almost completely” gutted.
Now, in July, the press email has a different auto-reply: “We’ll get back to you shortly.”
New auto reply from Twitter press email.
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Musk tweeted about the change this week, saying, “We’re changing the auto-reply from 💩 to a ‘We’ll get back to you soon’ endless loop.” In response to this he said, “Or maybe a ‘Check back with us tomorrow’ loop.”
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As the Insider thinks, this change in press response may be due to leadership changes in the company. Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino started last month; Her first message to employees stated that she would pursue Musk’s vision, but dressed it up in more corporate talk. It makes sense, then, that Twitter changed its auto-reply to something more pleasant — even if it’s just as pointless.
