Article 2HZDP Twitter drops 'egg' avatar in attempt to break association with internet trolls

Twitter drops 'egg' avatar in attempt to break association with internet trolls

by
Elle Hunt
from Technology | The Guardian on (#2HZDP)

The social network says it is introducing a new default profile photo - a gender neutral silhouette - in a bid to 'prompt more self-expression'

Twitter is abandoning its default "egg" avatar in a bid to shake its association with trolls.

For the past seven years, new Twitter accounts have been assigned a profile picture of an egg - a playful reference to the site's bird logo.

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