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In March 2006 Dorsey published the first Twitter post: "just setting up my Twitter." [7] [8] Dorsey has explained the origin of the "Twitter" title: [9]...we came across the word "twitter", and it was just perfect. The definition was "a short burst of inconsequential information", and "chirps from birds". And that's exactly what the product was.
[22] [23] [24] Before the acquisition, Twitter had used its products including the project management tool Dabble DB and the Google Analytics data parser named Trendly. [22] [25] Twitter invited Smallthought, which had four employees at the time of the acquisition, to become Twitter employees. [22] [25] [26] 7 December 21, 2010: Fluther Q&A service
Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is a social networking service.It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. [4] [5] Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts commonly known as "tweets" (officially "posts") and like other users' content. [6]
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
Twitter Blue was first launched in June 2021 in Canada and Australia for $3-$4 a month. It provided users with special features like bookmark folders and the ability to undo or edit a tweet.
It is unclear how much of the stock Cuban owned. Twitter's stock topped out earlier this year at near $48 — before its disastrous second-quarter earnings sent shares tumbling by more than 27%.
Twitter’s rebrand to X has so far fallen flat in mainstream culture, said Neumeier, because the name “gets lost in sentences” and “looks like a misprint.”
Dorsey published the first Twitter message on March 21, 2006, at 12:50 p.m. PST (UTC−08:00): "just setting up my twttr". [1] The first Twitter prototype, developed by Dorsey and contractor Florian Weber, was used as an internal service for Odeo employees. [24] The full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006. [4]