If it was a small startup, then yeah. Twitter is worth over $30b. I cant see this happen to facebook, dropbox, mailchimp or any other company who really values design, in all aspects

Markus only tweeted 'Where's the cat?' - that's hardly public shaming. He too has feelings, and doesn't like his work being ripped off ;)

Sacha how dare you use common sense. Get your "reason" out of here this instant. This is an angry thread!

This "pitchforks" retort has gotten a lot of traction lately. It's good that people want to fight back against Internet mob syndrome - which can be extraordinarily ugly - but I think there's still room for a little outrage. One designer stealing from another isn't exactly the crime of the century, but it's crappy behaviour nonetheless.

I hope whoever is guilty here does have feelings, because they should be ashamed. Somehow I doubt it though.

I love you, Sacha. My thoughts exactly.

Exactly what I wanted to say after first seeing it. Even if it wasn't a freelancer, it might've been one of their own designers – and even so it all comes down to just one person. TweetDeck or Twitter, as a company, would've had no idea this is a blatant ripoff whichever the case. But it's clear someone's gonna be in deep crap now, deservedly so.

Try that with Mickey Mouse and see what happens.

in·spi·ra·tion — the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative

Did they copy his artwork?

Yes.

Inspiration has limits. Inspiration might copy ideas and style, but it doesn't involved blatantly copying an image.

Copying someone's image, flipping it horizontally, removing a few elements is not inspiration.

It's still a copy of the Mona Lisa if it's mirrored and painted in different colours.

Are you joking

Inspiration = mirroring and tracing. Got it.

It disappoints me that Designer News doesn't allow me to downvote comments.

lol at this. I hope you are trolling.