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In 2016, Twitter announced that attachments, links, and media such as photos, videos, and the person's handle, would no longer count; a user photo post used to count for around 24 characters. [109] [110] In 2017, Twitter handles were similarly excluded. [111] The same year, Twitter doubled its historical 140-character-limitation to 280. [112]
In 2016, Twitter announced that media such as photos, videos, and the person's handle, would not count against the already constrictive 140 character limit. A user photo post used to count for a large chunk of a Tweet, about 24 characters. [41] Attachments and links would also no longer be part of the character limit. [42]
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.
Photo-illustration: CNN/Adobe Stock/Joel Saget/Twitter account of Elon Musk/AFP/Getty Images
A year in pictures: Images of Devon from 2023. Dartmoor Zoo's rare leopard a hit on 'dating site' WW2 bomb detonated at sea after days of disruption. Hindu festival of Holi celebrated in Exeter.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system similar to that of Elon Musk's X.
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 acquired Crashlytics, a crash reporting tool for developers, on January 28, 2013, for over US$100 million, its largest acquisition at the time. [124] Twitter committed to continue supporting and expanding the service. [125] In October 2014, Twitter announced Fabric, a suite of mobile developer tools built around Crashlytics. [126]