Microsoft is threatening to deliver again its annoying loveable Clippy character. The software program big claims it would exchange the paperclip emoji in Microsoft Office with Clippy if the tweet beneath will get 20,000 likes. The tweet has already handed 9,000 likes, so Clippy may very well be about to return as a extra harmless emoji.

Born in Office 97, Clippy initially appeared as an assistant to supply assist and suggestions for utilizing Microsoft Office. You both liked or hated its Groucho eyebrows and persistence, and Microsoft ultimately killed off Clippy in Office XP in 2001.

The well-known paperclip practically made a return a few years in the past, although. Some Microsoft staff briefly resurrected Clippy as animated stickers in Microsoft Teams, however the firm’s “brand police” swooped in to close the hassle down. It was a brutal firing of the anthropomorphic paperclip, however it seems to be like Microsoft has now realized people wish to have enjoyable whereas they’re coming into information into spreadsheets or making a PowerPoint presentation.

So will we lastly see Clippy return to Microsoft Office? Microsoft is presently holding Clippy hostage behind a tweet that wants 20,000 likes. As each YouTuber places it, hit that like button Verge readers and we’ll discover out what occurs.