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Ask HN: Is changing the Twitter logo to dogecoin doggy an illegal pump scheme?

11 points by andrewstuart 4y ago

smoldesu 4y ago
I doubt it, but it's still shaping up to be an embarrassing self-troll. Maybe in a few days Elon will have a good alibi, or perhaps a Tesla-branded time machine headed back to an age when this would be novel or funny.
leafstrat 4y ago
It is not a logo of the "dogecoin doggy". It is doge, a very popular meme which Elon seems to enjoy. I think the change occurred because of someone's request on his recent Twitter spaces discussion about the algorithm release. Near the end a participant asked about the "Fail Whale" being brought back because it had personality and she missed it. He said he would see about it. So perhaps he wanted to find out what the process would involve for modifying the site's logo. https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1jMJgLdenVjxL https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1jMJgLdenVjxL
- sp332 4y ago
  Doge looks like this. https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/581296-doge https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/581296-doge Dogecoin looks like this. https://dogecoin.com/ https://dogecoin.com/ The twitter one is dogecoin. Edit: tineye shows only one source older than dogecoin https://tineye.com/search/db05d61c3c1a85f0422ce55961c83e0a59462b5d?sort=crawl_date&order=asc&page=1 https://tineye.com/search/db05d61c3c1a85f0422ce55961c83e0a59... and I don't think Elon was thinking of blowoutcards.com.
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daydream 4y ago
Paraphrasing Matt Levine… everything is securities fraud. So yes?
dylanhassinger 4y ago
of course
r721 4y ago
Reuters columnist wrote about it: >Elon Musk’s Doge barks up SEC’s tree https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/elon-musks-doge-barks-up-secs-tree-2023-04-05/ https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/elon-musks-doge-barks-... (via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35461807 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35461807)
rvz 4y ago
The Doge meme proceeded before Dogecoin. If it was the 'Dogecoin logo', you would have a point. But it is an image of the doge meme.
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11 points by andrewstuart 4y ago

I doubt it, but it's still shaping up to be an embarrassing self-troll. Maybe in a few days Elon will have a good alibi, or perhaps a Tesla-branded time machine headed back to an age when this would be novel or funny.

leafstrat 4y ago

It is not a logo of the "dogecoin doggy". It is doge, a very popular meme which Elon seems to enjoy. I think the change occurred because of someone's request on his recent Twitter spaces discussion about the algorithm release. Near the end a participant asked about the "Fail Whale" being brought back because it had personality and she missed it. He said he would see about it. So perhaps he wanted to find out what the process would involve for modifying the site's logo. https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1jMJgLdenVjxL https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1jMJgLdenVjxL

sp332 4y ago
Doge looks like this. https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/581296-doge https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/581296-doge Dogecoin looks like this. https://dogecoin.com/ https://dogecoin.com/ The twitter one is dogecoin. Edit: tineye shows only one source older than dogecoin https://tineye.com/search/db05d61c3c1a85f0422ce55961c83e0a59462b5d?sort=crawl_date&order=asc&page=1 https://tineye.com/search/db05d61c3c1a85f0422ce55961c83e0a59... and I don't think Elon was thinking of blowoutcards.com.
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daydream 4y ago

Paraphrasing Matt Levine… everything is securities fraud. So yes?

dylanhassinger 4y ago

of course

r721 4y ago

Reuters columnist wrote about it: >Elon Musk’s Doge barks up SEC’s tree https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/elon-musks-doge-barks-up-secs-tree-2023-04-05/ https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/elon-musks-doge-barks-... (via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35461807 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35461807)

rvz 4y ago

The Doge meme proceeded before Dogecoin. If it was the 'Dogecoin logo', you would have a point. But it is an image of the doge meme.

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sarahhzain 4y ago

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