Twitter lays down the law: don't touch the bird

If you've looked closely at Twitter recently, then you may have noticed that the site has, ever so slightly, redesigned its bird logo.

(Credit: Twitter)

As reported by The Guardian, to go along with the change, Twitter has issued a series of edicts about how the newly revised logo can and cannot be used, which we've listed below.

Do:

• Use our official, unmodified Twitter bird to represent our brand

• Make sure the bird faces right

• Allow for at least 150 per cent buffer space around the bird.

Don't:

• Use speech bubbles or words around the bird

• Rotate or change the direction of the bird

• Animate the bird

• Duplicate the bird

• Change the colour of the bird

• Use any other marks or logos to represent our brand.

We wonder, though, whether by issuing such specific and nay-saying guidelines, the company, which champions free speech throughout the world, is inadvertently baiting users to do exactly what it doesn't want them to do.