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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
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]
In March 2011 a cobra escaped from the Bronx Zoo, soon after a parody Twitter account for the cobra appeared using the handle "@BronxZoosCobra" which soon amassed a large number of followers. [53] [54] The snake was on the loose for a week before being recaptured during which time the account tweeted regularly. [55]
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]
Twitter has been compared to a web-based Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client. [14] In a 2009 Time magazine essay, technology author Steven Johnson described the basic mechanics of Twitter as "remarkably simple": As a social network, Twitter revolves around the principle of followers.
The Twitter account was created back in 2015, but only started posting on May 29, 2020. [448] The Facebook account was created on June 4. [449] Less than three days after the Twitter account started, it was suspended for 12 hours.
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On July 23, 2023, Musk announced X's launch, which would replace Twitter, which started when the X.com domain (formerly associated with PayPal) began redirecting to Twitter; [3] the logo was changed from the bird to the X the next day, [34] and the platform's official main and associated accounts also began using the letter X within their handles. [35]