Twitter/X updates and recommendations
Earlier this year, Twitter changed its name to X Corp, and the familiar bluebird icon was changed. We are working with UMS IT to change the twitter icon on our campus websites where it appears in social menus.
This logo change will occur automatically for our social links menus. If you have featured a link to Twitter on your website in content using the blue bird logo, you can update this now in your content as it will not automatically update with our changes. More information about the X brand update is available on about.twitter.com.
Recommendation: Remove embedded twitter feeds
Unrelated to the visual brand changes, Twitter/X has begun to require a login in order to view tweets. As a result of this change, an embedded Twitter/X feed on a website will display a misleading message when a visitor to your site is not already logged into that social media platform:
Because of this change, we recommend that embedded Twitter/X feeds be removed from our websites to avoid confusing information. Instead, you may feature a link to your Twitter feed, which will give visitors a more accurate “you must login to view tweets” message.