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The name Twitter (spelled twttr at the time and using a green site logo [5]) is chosen for the service. The idea for the name is attributed to Noah Glass. [6] [7] 2006: March 21: Creation: Twitter is officially set up and Jack Dorsey sends the first tweet. [8] 2006: July 15: Media coverage
The company experienced rapid initial growth. In 2009, Twitter won the "Breakout of the Year" Webby Award. [21] [22] On November 29, 2009, Twitter was named the Word of the Year by the Global Language Monitor, declaring it "a new form of social interaction". [23] In February 2010, Twitter users were sending 50 million tweets per day. [24]
Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams, and was launched in July of that year. Twitter grew quickly; by 2012 more than 100 million users produced 340 million daily tweets. [8] Twitter, Inc., was based in San Francisco, California, and had more than 25 offices around the world. [9]
In October 2017, Twitter announced the appointment of Agrawal as chief technology officer following the departure of Adam Messinger. [17] In December 2019, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Agrawal would be in charge of Project Bluesky , an initiative to develop a decentralized social network protocol.
The Iconfactory was developing a Twitter application in 2006 called "Twitterrific" and developer Craig Hockenberry began a search for a shorter way to refer to "Post a Twitter Update." In 2007 they began using "twit" before Twitter developer Blaine Cook suggested that "tweet" be used instead.
Twitter has altered the trend algorithm in the past to prevent manipulation of this type with limited success. [55] The Twitter web interface displays a list of trending topics on a sidebar on the home page, along with sponsored content (see image). Twitter often censors trending hashtags that are claimed to be abusive or offensive.
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In addition to the Home tab, the Connect and Discover tabs are introduced along with a redesigned profile and timeline of Tweets. [59] 2012 Launch, Milestone Facebook goes public, negotiating a share price of $38 apiece, valuing the company at $104 billion, the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company. [60] 2012 Launch