Twitter

Twitter, or X is a messaging service and app that is available for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, Android, and web browsers. The iOS app was launched in October 2009.Twitter by Twitter Inc. AppAdvice. 2022-03-28.
==Features==
Registered users are allowed to send and receive short posts called "tweets", which can be up to 280 characters long (formerly 140) and can include links to relevant websites and resources.
Twitter users can follow other accounts of people and organizations. Such an account will be accompanied by a blue checkmark if the identity has been verified by Twitter. Tweets from a "followed" account will automatically appear in a follower's "timeline". An account's pattern of following and usage will result in the of tweets and events from people and organizations with similar academic and personal interests to the user. Twitter states that its curation team is not responsible for driving revenue, user growth, or relationships with its partners.Twitter Moments guidelines and principles, Twitter Help Center. Accessed 2022-04-04.
Twitter announced in June 2018 that it was investing in and detection, to prevent "", , hateful conduct, and violent extremism.How Twitter is fighting spam and malicious automation, Twitter Blog. 2018-06-26. In 2019, the company was removing over 6 to 7.5 million "fake" accounts per week.Twitter is automatically removing about 10 accounts every second by Melissa Locker, Fast Company. 2019-04-08.
===iOS and macOS apps===
In April 2010, Twitter announced it had acquired the iPhone app Tweetie and rebranded it as "Twitter for iPhone". The developer of Tweetie, , became part of Twitter's mobile division and helped launch the "Twitter for iPad" application.
On January 6, 2011, Twitter announced that the company had also acquired the desktop version of Tweetie, changing the name to "Twitter for Mac". Twitter for Mac was launched on the new Mac App Store the same day. On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, Twitter announced that certain patents related to Tweetie would only be used to defend Twitter. Ultimately, Twitter for Mac was discontinued in March 2018 after a very slow maintenance schedule. In October 2019, the macOS client was replaced by the iPadOS version, which had been converted through Catalyst.
==Company history==
Twitter was co-founded by , , , and in 2006. Dorsey served as CEO from 2006 to 2008, and again from 2015 until resigning in November 2021, stating his "regret" for Twitter's role in the centralization of internet usage.Twitter founder ‘regrets’ role in creating centralised internet by Anthony Cuthbertson. 2022-04-04. On March 14, 2022, CEO acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter, making him the single largest shareholder. Musk had expressed his disappointment in current CEO , who had succeeded Dorsey.Elon Musk becomes Twitter's biggest shareholder after buying 9.2% stake on March 14, new SEC filing reveals sending shares soaring 26% by Jack Newman, Daily Mail. 2022-04-04.Elon Musk Wasn’t Happy When Jack Dorsey Left Twitter. Then He Took a 9% Stake by Craig Trudell and Giles Turner, Yahoo! Finance. 2022-04-04. On April 25, 2022, Twitter accepted Musk's offer to buy the remainder of the company outright in exchange for $44 billion.Elon Musk is officially buying Twitter outright in a $44 billion deal by Mike Peterson, AppleInsider. 2022-04-25. However, Musk placed the deal on hold pending an audit of how many users on Twitter are actually spam or fake accounts.Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter is on hold by David Goldman, Chris Isidore and Clare Duffy, CNN. 2022-05-13. The deal finally closed on October 27, 2022, averting a potential lawsuit.
===Change of ownership===
Upon becoming the company's new owner, Musk immediately fired the senior management and dissolved the board of directors.Elon Musk disbands Twitter’s board, cementing control over company by Claire Duffy, CNN. 2022-10-31.Elon Musk officially takes over Twitter and ‘fires top execs including CEO Parag Agrawal’ after $44bn deal by Jona Jaupi and Forrest McFarland, The U.S. Sun. 2022-10-27. Twitter then began offering its trademark blue verification checkmarks for 8, causing advertisers to leave the platform over concerns of the potential for spoofing.[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/09/twitter-elon-musk-blue-check-verification 
Elon Musk scrambles to reassure advertisers amid ‘blue check’ verification chaos] by Johana Bhuiyan, TechCrunch. 2022-11-09. The checkmark program was quickly suspended after Twitter was flooded with a wave of fake accounts.Twitter Suspends $8 Checkmark Sign-Ups Amid Trolling Wave by Britney Nguyen, Business Insider. 2022-11-11. Within weeks, the majority of the staff and been fired or exited the company after rejecting Musk's demand that workers put in long "extremely hardcore" hours. By November 17, Musk was scrambling to convince remaining staff to stay. With minimal staff remaining, Musk ordered microservices turned off, calling it "bloatware". However, users then found that Twitter's system stopped working, causing them to be locked out of their accounts. Worried about the potential for sabotage to the company, Musk ordered the company headquarters in San Francisco temporarily closed.Hundreds of Twitter Employees Leaving After Elon Musk's 'Extremely Hardcore' Work Demands by Juli Clover, MacRumors. 2022-11-17.YOU SHUT OFF THE TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION YOU DUMB F**K by Curbisboy, Twitter. 2022-11-14.Twitter users with 2-factor authentication said they were locked out of their accounts soon after Elon Musk said he was ridding the site of 'bloatware' by Grace Dean, Yahoo! Finance. 2022-11-15.
On November 19, 2022, Musk reinstated the banned account of former U.S. president Donald Trump after a quick poll and then invited him to return with a misogynistic meme, which was described by critics as "desperate".Elon Musk taunts Trump with crude meme about Twitter ‘temptation’ by Lee Brown, New York Post. 2022-11-21. However, Trump responded by stating that he had no interest in returning to Twitter and would stay at Truth Social.Trump snubs Twitter after Musk announces reactivation of ex-president's account by Sheila Dang and Helen Coster, Reuters. 2022-11-20.
On November 30, 2022, Musk met with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple Park after claiming in a tweet that Apple had threatened to pull the Twitter app from the App Store.Elon Musk Meets With Apple CEO Tim Cook Amid Claims of Twitter App Store Dispute, MacRumors, 2022-11-30 Musk later deleted the tweet and instead stated, "Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so." Musk added that Apple had "fully resumed advertising", even after much of the ad business staff had been cut.Elon Musk meets Tim Cook, says Apple never considered removing Twitter app by Kif Leswing, CNBC. 2022-11-30.Twitter Under Elon Musk Still Has to Live in Apple’s World by Max Chafkin, Bloomberg. 2022-12-06. Musk also deleted a meme criticizing Apple's App Store fees and stated that Twitter would reprice its blue checkmark subscription fee to $7 through the Twitter website and $11 through mobile apps, to offset App Store fees.Twitter Blue will be more expensive on iPhone to offset App Store fees by Chance Miller, 2022-12-08.
====Rebranding====
In July 2023, Musk announced that the Twitter name and the blue bird logo will be rebranded to X, Musk had reportedly been fascinated by the letter since the 1990s, when he started an online payment platform known as X.com, which evolved into PayPal after he left the company. Musk had stated that the rebrand would be his first step towards creating an "everything app".Why is Twitter becoming X and should you move to Threads or Bluesky?, by Chris Stokel-Walker, New Scientist,2023-07-24. On August 1, the iOS app was officially rebranded X on the App Store, seemingly that it was given an exception to Apple's guideline prohibiting single-character app names. [It looks like Elon Musk got a pass to have Twitter renamed to the single character 'X' on the App Store — even though it appears to go against Apple's rules], by Sindhu Sundar, Business Insider, 2023-08-01
==System requirements==
Twitter is also supported by major web browsers that have received security updates within the previous year.About twitter.com supported browsers, Twitter Help Center. Accessed 2022-04-04.
*iOS 14 or later
*iPadOS 14 or later
*macOS 11 or later
*tvOS 10 or later
==References==
==External links==
*Twitter official site
*Twitter at the Apple App Store
**Twitter at the Mac App Store
*Twitter at Google Play
*Twitter at Logopedia
*Twitter at Twikipedia (archived 2022-01-27)
* at Wikipedia
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