Yet another update has graced the platform, and this one might be more confusing than any other before. Noticing a new tweet ‘from Earth’ addition to Twitter, users can help but wonder why tweeting from Earth needed specifying.
Out of the entire population across all of the time, very few people have left Earth. Even fewer (literally zero) have made it onto another planet. Even if they did, we’re fairly certain that the WiFi signal would be absolutely abysmal that far away from your router.
Well, Elon Musk clearly thinks that space travel is more advanced than it is. Or, perhaps the Space X founder knows something that we don’t. Either way, using his power as Twitter CEO, Elon has implemented a new update addressing the (lack of) problem of not knowing what planet a tweet is from.
Sure, we’ve had all the drama with the Twitter ticks and what they mean, and even a change to square profile pictures. However, this may be the one that confuses the most.
Tweet ‘From Earth’ Update Is Out Of This World
And we don’t mean that in a good way.
In amongst the blue tick debacle, which doesn’t seem to be resolved, another update came to the social media platform. This one was left obvious and won’t actually affect interaction on Twitter, but it’s still a strange addition nonetheless.
Users started noticing it last week, with it appearing on more and more tweets as the days went on. Yes, adding to the bar at the bottom of your tweet, you’ll now find that it says ‘ From Earth’, as your location.
You may be asking, ‘Where else would I be tweeting from?’ and that is a great question. After racking our brains, we can only really come up with the International Space Station and others of the like. However, how much time actual rocket scientists have to tweet is another question entirely. Plus, they orbit Earth so *surely* any tweet from them would still say Earth.
The point of that digression is that only Elon Musk can answer that all-important question. Though the billionaire has grand plans for the site, reaching a new alien audience may even be beyond his reach.
It all could be a bit of an ironic joke. Perhaps Elon is pointing fun of the fact that all tweets are from Earth, or maybe that it’s a non-specific geolocation for those with locations switched off in settings. Again, that’s another question for Elon, but we’d like to be in on the joke if that is the case.
Users Baffled By Tweeting From Earth Feature
As with anything, Twitter users had an opinion on ‘tweet from Earth,’ but it’s probably justified in this case.
Mainly confused by the feature and asking the same question, it has produced some hilarious reactions and memes.
It’s anyone’s guess as to what he implements next. Whatever you think, it will be something completely random.
Look forward to seeing this all over the dating apps.
This does pose the question that perhaps some tweets weren’t from Earth pre-2023.
Imagine the day that another planet appears.
Maybe Elon knows that day isn’t as far off as we think…
No one knows why it happened, but it’s here now and it looks as if it’s going to say. Whilst we’re all wondering where else we’re meant to tweet from, for now at least we can make fun of it. After all, that’s what Twitter is best known for.