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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]
Twitter verification is a system intended to communicate the authenticity of a Twitter account. [1] Since November 2022, Twitter users whose accounts are at least 90 days old and have a verified phone number receive verification upon subscribing to X Premium or Verified Organizations; this status persists as long as the subscription remains active.
In November and December 2021, Twitter acquired and immediately shut down two competitors: threader.app, a service to transform Twitter threads into accessible web pages, and Quill, a messaging service. [150] Threader.app users were directed to instead purchase the Twitter Blue service, which at the time was available only in some countries. [151]
Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter in October 2022; Musk acted as CEO of Twitter until June 2023 when he was succeeded by Linda Yaccarino.In a move that, despite Yaccarino's accession, was widely attributed to Musk, [1] [2] Twitter was rebranded to X on July 23, 2023, [3] and its domain name changed from twitter.com to x.com on May 17, 2024.
Progressive web app front end (known as "Twitter Web App", formerly "Twitter Lite") set to default for desktop website users. 2019 July 15 Product TLS 1.0 and 1.1 support ended, placing Twitter among the earliest sites to do so. 2019: September 5: Product: Line breaks in biography texts [189] 2020 March Product
Podcaster Joe Rogan praised Musk for his aspirations, [289] while right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok rejoiced over the news of the purchase. [288] Media personality Stew Peters , who had been blocked from Twitter for months, attempted to circumvent the block after the purchase using a new account, which was later suspended. [ 287 ]
Twitter subsequently stopped distinguishing Twitter Blue subscribers from legacy verified accounts on April 2. [59] On April 19, the Twitter Verified account tweeted that, on April 20, legacy verified checkmarks would disappear, in apparent reference to the cannabis slang number 420; Musk had previously tweeted about the April 20 date on April 11.