X (Social Media)

X, formerly known as Twitter, is a social networking service based in . It is one of the world's largest social media websites and the seventh-most visited website in the world. Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in posts (formerly "tweets") and like, repost or retweet other users' content. X also includes direct messaging, video and audio calling, bookmarks, lists and communities, and Spaces, a social audio feature. Users can vote on context added by approved users using the Community Notes feature.
X (Twitter) was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams, and was launched in July of that year. 
==Analysis==
In 2012, X had more than 100 million users produced 340 million tweets per day. The majority of tweets are produced by a minority of users. The majority of tweets are produced by a minority of users. In 2020, it was estimated that approximately 48 million accounts (15 percent of all accounts) were not genuine people.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404820300031
==History==
===Creation of Twitter===
Jack Dorsey claims to have introduced the group to the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group during an "all-day brainstorming session" at the podcasting company Odeo in 2006.https://web.archive.org/web/20101101065448/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/technology/31ev.html The original project code name for the service was twttr, an idea that Williams later ascribed to Noah Glass, inspired by Flickr and the five-character length of American SMS short codes. The decision was also partly due to the fact that the domain twitter.com was already in use, and it was six months after the launch of twttr that the crew purchased the domain and changed the name of the service to Twitter.
The developers initially considered "10958" as the service's short code for SMS text messaging, but later changed it to "40404" for "ease of use and memorability". Work on the project started in February 2006.How Twitter was founded - Business Insider Dorsey published the first Twitter message on March 21, 2006:
The first Twitter prototype, developed by Dorsey and contractor Florian Weber, was used as an internal service for Odeo employees. The full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006.
===2007–2011===
Since 2007, The tipping point for Twitter's popularity was the 2007 South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference. During the event, Twitter usage increased from 20,000 tweets per day to 60,000.
The company experienced rapid initial growth. In 2009, Twitter won the "Breakout of the Year" Webby Award. 
On November 29, 2009, Twitter was named the Word of the Year by the Global Language Monitor, declaring it "a new form of social interaction".https://web.archive.org/web/20120514004554/http://www.languagemonitor.com/top-words/top-word-of-2009-twitter/ 
In February 2010, Twitter users were sending 50 million tweets per day. By March 2010, the company recorded over 70,000 registered applications. 
As of June 2010, about 65 million tweets were posted each day, equaling about 750 tweets sent each second, according to Twitter. 
As of March 2011, that was about 140 million tweets posted daily.https://web.archive.org/web/20130325050048/http://blog.twitter.com/2011/03/numbers.html As noted on Compete.com, Twitter moved up to the third-highest-ranking social networking site in January 2009 from its previous rank of twenty-second.https://web.archive.org/web/20110721111825/http://blog.compete.com/2009/02/09/facebook-myspace-twitter-social-network/
From September through October 2010, the company began rolling out "New Twitter", an entirely revamped edition of twitter.com. Changes included the ability to see pictures and videos without leaving Twitter itself by clicking on individual tweets which contain links to images and clips from a variety of supported websites, including YouTube and Flickr, and a complete overhaul of the interface, which shifted links such as '@mentions' and 'Retweets' above the Twitter stream, while 'Messages' and 'Log Out' became accessible via a black bar at the very top of twitter.com.
===2011–2014===
On April 5, 2011, Twitter tested a new homepage and phased out the "Old Twitter". However, a glitch came about after the page was launched, so the previous "retro" homepage was still in use until the issues were resolved; the new homepage was reintroduced on April 20.
On December 8, 2011, Twitter overhauled its website once more to feature the "Fly" design, which the service says is easier for new users to follow and promotes advertising. In addition to the Home tab, the Connect and Discover tabs were introduced along with a redesigned profile and timeline of Tweets. The site's layout has been compared to that of Facebook.
On March 21, 2012, Twitter celebrated its sixth birthday by announcing that it had 140 million users, a 40% rise from September 2011, who were sending 340 million tweets per day.https://web.archive.org/web/20180714164943/https://mashable.com/2012/12/18/twitter-200-million-active-users/
On June 5, 2012, a modified logo was unveiled through the company blog, removing the text to showcase the slightly redesigned bird as the sole symbol of Twitter. On December 18, 2012, Twitter announced it had surpassed 200 million monthly active users.
===2014-2022===
In April 2014, Twitter underwent a redesign that made the site resemble Facebook somewhat, with a profile picture and biography in a column left to the timeline, and a full-width header image with parallax scrolling effect. That layout was used as the main for the desktop front end until July 2019, undergoing changes over time such as having rounded profile pictures since June 2017.
In April 2015, the Twitter.com desktop homepage changed.
Since May 2018, tweet replies deemed by an algorithm to be detractive from the conversation are initially hidden and only loaded by actuating a "Show more replies" element at the bottom.
In 2019, Twitter released another redesign of its user interface."Like It or Not, You're Getting Twitter's Redesigned Website Soon" - PC Magnazine By the start of 2019, Twitter had more than 330 million monthly active users.
In June 2022, Twitter announced a partnership with e-commerce giant Shopify, and its plans to launch a sales channel app for U.S. Shopify merchants.
===2022-present: Under Elon Musk===
Elon Musk entered into a deal to acquire Twitter for US$44 billion on April 25, 2022. After Elon Musk had successfully acquired Twitter in which the deal was formally closed on October 27, 2022, following an attempt by Musk to terminate the deal in July. Immediately following the closure of the deal, Twitter was renamed into X, with its domain changed into "x.com".
During under Elon Musk, X was criticized for enabling the increased spread of disinformation and hate speechhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230319055014/https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/2/23489808/elon-musk-twitter-hate-speech-increase-content-moderation. despite the statement of Elon Musk that he would make Twitter open for "free speech".
On May 17, 2024, the domain x.com became X's primary domain, which its old domain twitter.com was redirected to the new domain.Goodbye twitter.com. Welcome to x.com! - techAU (May 5th, 2024)
==Gallery==
===Website===
Note: These screenshots in this section are taken from Internet Archive. These screenshots may not match the actual background of the website in these years.
TwitterScreenshot2006.png|2006
TwitterScreenshot2010.png|2010
TwitterScreenshot2012.png|2012
TwitterScreenshot2014.png|2014
TwitterScreenshot2016.png|2016
===Logos===
TwttrOdeo2006.svg|2006 (1st variant: Concept prototype)
Twttr_2006.png|2006 (2nd variant: Prototype)
TwitterOdeo2006.svg|March–November 2006
Twitter_logo.svg|2006-2010
Twitter_logo_with_bird.svg|2010-2012
Twitter_2012.svg|2012-2023
TwitterLogo2023.png|2023-present
==External Links==
*Twitter in Wikipedia.
==References==