Twitter – A Contemporary Elucidation to Communication & Information Overload
Twitter is a contemporary solution to the challenges of communication and information overload. It allows users to stay connected with friends and know what they are doing in real time. Timely updates from loved ones bring joy and a sense of closeness.
To stay in touch with family, friends, and colleagues, Twitter enables the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Users can customize settings to follow or unfollow friends, or switch to quiet mode to avoid interruptions.
History of Twitter
Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. It began as a research and development project at Odeo, a San Francisco podcasting company. (Wikipedia)
The service quickly gained popularity. In March 2007, Twitter won the South by Southwest Web Award in the blog category. It acquired Summize on July 15, 2008, integrating it as search.twitter.com. A Japanese version was launched in April 2008 to cater to its growing user base in Japan.
From 2007 to 2008, Twitter used Starling (Ruby) for message queuing, later replaced by Scarling (Scala), renamed Kestrel. In April 2008, reports suggested Twitter might abandon Ruby on Rails due to scaling issues, but co-founder Evan Williams clarified via tweet that no such switch was planned.
By November 2008, Twitter had an estimated 4–5 million users and was ranked the third-largest social network after Facebook and MySpace.
Modern Update: On October 27, 2022, Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion. The platform underwent sweeping changes, including mass layoffs, subscription model shifts, and controversial moderation policies. On July 24, 2023, Twitter was officially rebranded as X, marking the end of the iconic blue bird era. Musk envisions X as an “everything app,” integrating messaging, payments, and more—similar to China’s WeChat.
How Twitter Works
Twitter provides a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send and receive updates known as tweets—text-based posts limited to 140 characters. These updates appear on profile pages and can be shared with followers.
Users can receive updates via the Twitter website, SMS, RSS, or third-party apps like TwitterMobile, Tweetie, Twinkle, Twitterrific, Feedalizr, Facebook, and Twidget. Tweets can be tagged with hashtags (#topic) to group related content and make them searchable.
Updates can be posted via SMS, instant messaging, email, Twitter’s website, or third-party applications. Users can follow others, receive updates, and interact through various channels. While Twitter is free, standard SMS charges may apply.
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