Twitter Employee Posts Picture Of An Actual #Dickbar Bar
Redeem now Twitter's recent app update created a massive backlash when it stuck a black bar atop tweets displaying trending topics. It's ugly and intrusive, and John Gruber of Daring Fireball dubbed it #dickbar in honor of CEO Dick Costolo.
Twitter just issued an update to the app putting the #dickbar above the tweets pinned to the top. Less intrusive, but still pretty ugly. This is what Twitter needs to do to make some money, so it's unlikely it's going away entirely any time soon.
In homage to the big controversy that sprouted around the #dickbar, it looks like Twitter employees decided to build an actual #dickbar bar. Twitter user researcher Mark Trammell posted this photo on Twitter:
Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know. Subscribe to push notificationsncG1vNJzZmivp6x7o8HSoqWeq6Oeu7S1w56pZ5ufony1w8itq56qXZq6sbjOspyeq12Xwqq4w2aYp2WRmMG2rctmm6Kbm5eus3nBmqlmamBmfm5%2F