The tech companies of Silicon Valley have always been progressive, and on Friday, as the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guaranteed gay couples the right to marry, their LGBT pride was on full display.
Twitter practically overflowed with positive same-sex marriage comments, making #LoveWins one of the top trending topics in the United States.
Twitter the company has expressed its own support for the ruling by adding special rainbow emoji to tweets with the #LoveWins or #Pride hashtags.
Twitter/Jam Kotenko
Twitter/Taylor Hatmaker
Tech companies and executives alike are chiming in with their own sentiments.
👫👬👭 #LoveIsLove 🇺🇸❤️🌈 pic.twitter.com/HglBDH1Dv0
— jack (@jack) June 26, 2015
A historic moment and step forward for equality in America. #LoveWins
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) June 26, 2015
Today marks a victory for equality, perseverance and love.
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) June 26, 2015
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) June 26, 2015
#LoveIsLove pic.twitter.com/Hl9c3mYlX9
— AT&T (@ATT) June 26, 2015
Today is a good day.
— Slack (@SlackHQ) June 26, 2015
✨❤️💛💚💙💜💖🌈✨ pic.twitter.com/04x8UPRq1X
Many tech outlets are also changing their Twitter avatars.
Some media sites changing their avatars to those with rainbows:
— Elana Zak (@elanazak) June 26, 2015
–@mashable
–@BuzzFeed
–@micnews#LoveWins pic.twitter.com/d2ZHP0h9c0
Google was also quick to acknowledge that the company was #ProudtoLove, rewarding anyone searching for various gay-marriage-related terms with a beautiful header image.
Snapchat quickly made new filters available for the momentous occasion.
Snapchat/Selena Larson
Uber armed its app’s car icons with rainbow trails.
Uber app has rainbows trailing cars after today’s #SCOTUS same sex marriage decision (seen here around the court): pic.twitter.com/7HzyCShiC9
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) June 26, 2015
Facebook made a tool that lets it users quickly adorn their profile photos with a rainbow overlay.
Facebook/Jam Kotenko
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used it to update his page’s profile photo and expressed happiness over the news, but noted that there’s still a lot to be done.
Facebook/Mark Zuckerberg
Photo via Tony Hisgett/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
