Twitter Draft One
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Twitter is a micro-blogging platform utilized by 288 million active users a month.[1] The "tweets" allow users 140 characters per post for optimal mobile readability.[2] Twitter, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its name is based off the chirping noise that birds make, similar in idea to the concise messages of tweets.[3] Compared to other websites, Twitter ranks eighth in the United States and eighth globally.[4] Twitter claims that 77% of total accounts are located outside of the U.S.[5] Users primarily use Twitter on mobile devices over desktop or tablet devices.[6] A platform combining social networking and news, Twitter's mission is "to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers."[7]
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Twitter is an open source software with several contributions to various projects.[8] The company uses GitHub to share and allow the public to contribute to the code.[9]
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Timeline
The first tweet sent on March 21, 2006.[10]
The company is responsible for the creation of the hashtag via a tweet by Chris Messina in August 2007.[11]
The evolution of Twitter's logo[12]
