2019 and 2020 were years when we got to see apps and mobile operating systems really implement dark mode. If you have just opened your Twitter and noticed that something’s so dark and totally off, don’t worry it’s not a new Twitter and it isn’t related to the site’s color scheme. Twitter’s desktop dark mode has gotten darker, or worse, been changed to light mode without the user’s notice.
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According to Twitter, the change from blue to black was intentional — it’s part of an update to make the Twitter website respond to the light and dark modes on your OS. Of course, if you miss the dark blue, you can bring it back by going to Twitter’s display settings and choosing Dim mode (instead of the inky black Lights Out or the bright Default), and the site should remember that preference.
The strange thing is that if your Twitter switched from dark mode to light, that was a huge mistake, the company says and it wasn’t supposed to happen. “That was caused by a bug, and could’ve happened to you if you had Twitter set to Dim or Lights Out mode but had your OS in light mode,” says Twitter. Users have been advised to head to their display settings to change that back to “lights out”, if they want.
