The 15 year old history of Twitter

We all know what Twitter is. Unlike Facebook and Instagram, Twitter is more about announcements and opinions, not just messages and posts. Its public nature keeps Twitter in the news always. We keep looking at the Tweet wars of politicians, celebrities and even heads of states. Let’s take a very brief walk down memory lane to see the origin of Twitter.  

History of Twitter’s birth  
Twitter began as an idea that its co-founder Jack Dorsey (@Jack) had in 2006, while employed in a company. Dorsey begun with just a project plan of an SMS based communications platform. Groups of friends could keep tabs on each other’s activities on it, look at status updates. Instead of texting each other, it would be messages thrown out in general. It was ahead of its time, since none of this was common 15 years back.  

During a brainstorming session at the podcasting company Odeo where he was employed, Dorsey proposed this idea to Odeo's co-founder Evan Williams (@Ev). Evan and his co-founder Biz Stone (@Biz) gave Jack the go-ahead to spend more time on the project since they could sense potential.  

When did Twitter start working? 
Jack sent the first Tweet on March 21, 2006, 9:50 p.m. to his colleagues. It read, "just setting up my twttr." Twitter was then called twttr. Software developer Noah Glass (@Noah) is responsible for coming up with the original name twttr, and he later changed it to Twitter.  

How Twitter was established  
Odeo ran into a rough patch around this time, so the Twitter team bought their product from their funders (Odeon), separated from the company, and set themselves up as the Obvious Corporation (@obviouscorp) with Twitter as its product. Not all team members were accommodated into the new group, in fact, Noah Glass was left behind.  

Interesting fact: Users created the top Twitter features?  
As Twitter's user base grew and it boomed, the users started inventing jargons and rules for their own ease of use. For example, before Twitter had the reply option, people started using @ to address the person they want to message. Even # tags and replying to a thread with RT are user generated features.