Twitter

*Not to be confused with 𝕏's 𝕏 account*

**X**, formerly called **Twitter**, is an American online social media and networking service that operates on X Corp., the successor of Twitter, Inc.

## History

### Beginnings

On March 21, 2006, Twitter was founded in San Francisco, California, United States by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams. The owner at the time of launch was Odeo, which was a podcast website. The same day, the first tweet was posted by Jack Dorsey, captioned "just setting up my twttr".

The same year, Odeo was no longer the owner of the website, as it formed Obvious Corporation, which is the new owner of the website.

### Twitter

On July 15, 2006, Twitter was officially launched.

In April 2007, Twitter Inc. was launched, replacing Obvious Corporation's owner, and became an independent company.

On August 23, 2007, the hashtag (#), which was a proposed feature at the time by Chris Messina, debuted on Twitter.

On October 16, 2008, the first CEO, Jack Dorsey, announced that he had stepped down from the CEO role at Twitter, replacing him with one of the co-founders, Evan Williams.

In September 2010, Larry the Bird was introduced as a mascot.

In September 2011, Twitter reached over 100 million monthly active users.

On June 7, 2012, Twitter would change its logo. The logo would be the most iconic.

On October 5, 2012, Twitter would acquire a video clip company called Vine before its launch. It would launch later in 2013.

On December 18, 2012, Twitter reached over 200 million monthly active users, doubling its users in over a year.

On April 18, 2013, Twitter would launch a music app called "Twitter Music" for the iPhone.

In January 2015, Twitter would acquire a live-streaming app called "Periscope" before its launch. It would launch later In March 2015.

On April 7, 2015, Twitter would add a feature to quote tweets.

On October 27, 2016, Vine announced that Twitter would be discontinuing the Vine mobile app.

On November 7, 2017, Twitter increases the character limit for tweets from 140 to 280 for all accounts.

On November 10, 2017, Twitter increases the character limit for display names from 20 to 50 characters.

On August 26, 2020, Twitter would add a counter for quote tweets.

On January 25, 2021, Twitter would launch a program, called "Birdwatch" (now Community Notes).

On April 25, 2022, Elon Musk and Twitter board reached a deal for Musk to acquire the company for $44 billion and take it private.

On October 27, 2022, Elon Musk completed the acquisition of Twitter.

On December 23, 2022, Twitter would add a public view counter to individual tweets.

On June 5, 2023, Linda Yaccarino succeeded Elon Musk as CEO, with Elon Musk remaining as Chairman and CTO.

On July 22, 2023, Elon Musk tweeted, captioning "If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow".

### X

On July 23, 2023, Elon Musk completely rebranded Twitter into X and Larry the Bird was retired from the logo.

## Gallery

Prototype Logo (2006)First Logo (2006-2010)Second Logo (2010-2012)Former Logo (2012-2023)
## Trivia

* The new logo is similar to a Unicode, named "Mathematical Double-Struck Capital X" (𝕏).
* The x.com domain currently redirects to the twitter.com domain.
* It is one of the most visited websites in the world.

## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230918225046/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/18/musk-says-twitter-now-x-is-moving-to-monthly-subscriptions.html
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/jack/status/20
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160205014135/https://twitter.com/chrismessina/status/223115412
4. ↑ https://mashable.com/archive/twitter-200-million-active-users
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121010183316/https://allthingsd.com/20121009/twitter-buys-vine-a-video-clip-company-that-never-launched/
6. ↑ https://mashable.com/archive/twitter-music-launch-2
7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171212045837/https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/news/twitter/133460-how-does-twitter-s-new-quote-tweet-feature-work-and-why-is-it-so-good
8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20161028132932/https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/twitter-vine-shutting-down-1201902457/
9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190619000309/https://www.thestreet.com/technology/history-of-twitter-facts-what-s-happening-in-2019-14995056
10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220313002556/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/twitter-expands-display-name-to-50-characters/
11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200826192649/https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/26/twitter-experiments-with-adding-a-quotes-count-to-tweets/
12. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61104231
13. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63402338
14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221223035939/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/twitter-adds-view-counts-tweets\_n\_63a5154ae4b0cbfd55da7e99
15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231108063005/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-06/twitter-s-new-ceo-yaccarino-has-first-day-in-the-role?srnd=premium-europe
16. ↑ https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1682965462886535168
17. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66284304
18. ↑ https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1D54F
19. ↑ https://x.com
20. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220210041116/https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/