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Do not fill this in! === 2006–2007: Creation and initial reaction === [[File:Twttr sketch-Dorsey-2006.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|A sketch, {{circa}} 2006, by [[Jack Dorsey]], envisioning an [[SMS]]-based [[social network]]]] "Twitter all began with status-sharing service [[TXTMob|TXTmob]]," explains an article on [[TNW (website)|TNW]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Protalinski |first=Emil |date=October 16, 2013 |title=The Idea for Twitter Came Directly from Status-Sharing Service TXTmob |url=https://thenextweb.com/news/twitter-first-created-adapting-status-sharing-service-txtmob-mainstream-use |access-date=November 29, 2023 |website=TNW |language=en |archive-date=December 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203050408/https://thenextweb.com/news/twitter-first-created-adapting-status-sharing-service-txtmob-mainstream-use |url-status=live }}</ref> Tad Hirsch, a student and activist associated with the [[Ruckus Society]], the [[Institute for Applied Autonomy]], and later the [[MIT Media Lab]], built the basic first application to help activists organize protests at the [[2004 Republican National Convention]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=di Justo |first=Patrick |date=September 9, 2004 |title=Protests Powered by Cellphone |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/09/technology/circuits/protests-powered-by-cellphone.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021011511/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/09/technology/circuits/09mobb.html |archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Freitas |first=Nathan |date=April 23, 2010 |title=Nathan Freitas Responds To Douglas Rushkoff {{!}} Digital Nation {{!}} FRONTLINE {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/forum/2010/04/nathan-freitas-responds-to-douglas-rushkoff-1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423151832/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/forum/2010/04/nathan-freitas-responds-to-douglas-rushkoff-1.html |archive-date=April 23, 2010 |access-date=November 29, 2023 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hirsch |first=Tad |date=October 16, 2013 |title=TXTmob and Twitter: A Reply to Nick Bilton |url=http://publicpractice.org/wp/?p=779 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016142818/http://publicpractice.org/wp/?p=779 |archive-date=October 16, 2013 |website=Public Practice Studio}}</ref> Inspired by TXTmob and other SMS sharing applications of the day, members of the [[podcast]]ing company [[Odeo]] had an "all-day brainstorming session" to decide on building a new application. [[Jack Dorsey]], then an undergraduate student, claims to have introduced the group to the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group.<ref>{{registration required|date=February 2011}} {{cite news|author=Miller, Claire Cain|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/technology/31ev.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101065448/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/technology/31ev.html |archive-date=November 1, 2010 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Why Twitter's C.E.O. Demoted Himself|date=October 30, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 31, 2010}}</ref> The original [[project code name]] for the service was ''twttr'', an idea that Williams later ascribed to [[Noah Glass (Twitter)|Noah Glass]],<ref>{{cite tweet|number=58275072011542529|user=ev|author=Ev|title=It's true that @Noah never got enough credit for his early role at Twitter. Also, he came up with the name, which was brilliant. |access-date=April 26, 2011|date=April 13, 2011}}</ref> inspired by [[Flickr]] and the five-character length of American SMS [[short code]]s. 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''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Buy a vowel? How Twttr became Twitter|url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1011/gallery.Startup_Domain_Names/|website=[[CNN Money]]|access-date=June 9, 2015|date=November 23, 2010|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427150243/https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1011/gallery.Startup_Domain_Names/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref name="HowTwitterWasBorn">{{cite web |url=http://www.140characters.com/2009/01/30/how-twitter-was-born/ |title=How Twitter Was Born |work=140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form |date=January 30, 2009 |first=Dom |last=Sagolla |access-date=February 4, 2011 |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508105855/http://www.140characters.com/2009/01/30/how-twitter-was-born/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Work on the project started in February 2006.<ref name="Carlson-2011" /> Dorsey published the first Twitter message on March 21, 2006, at 12:50 p.m. [[Pacific Standard Time|PST]] ([[UTC−08:00]]): "just setting up my twttr".<ref name="Dorsey2006">{{cite tweet|number=20|user=jack|author=jack|title=just setting up my twttr |access-date=February 4, 2011 |date=March 21, 2006 }}</ref> Dorsey has explained the origin of the "Twitter" title:<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/02/twitter-creator.html|title=Twitter Creator Jack Dorsey Illuminates the Site's Founding Document|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 18, 2009|first=David|last=Sano|access-date=June 18, 2009|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502183919/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/02/twitter-creator.html|url-status=live}}</ref> <blockquote> ...we came across the word "twitter", and it was just perfect. The definition was "a short burst of inconsequential information", and "chirps from birds". And that's exactly what the product was. </blockquote> The first Twitter prototype, developed by Dorsey and contractor Florian Weber, was used as an internal service for Odeo employees.<ref name="Carlson-2011">{{cite web |first=Nicholas |last=Carlson |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-twitter-was-founded-2011-4?op=1 |title=How Twitter Was Founded |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=April 13, 2011 |access-date=September 4, 2013 |archive-date=July 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714111059/http://www.businessinsider.com/how-twitter-was-founded-2011-4?op=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> The full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006.<ref name="launch">{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Arrington |url=https://techcrunch.com/2006/07/15/is-twttr-interesting/ |title=Odeo Releases Twttr |work=[[TechCrunch]] |publisher=[[AOL]] |date=July 15, 2006 |access-date=September 18, 2010 |author-link=Michael Arrington |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501035557/https://techcrunch.com/2006/07/15/is-twttr-interesting/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2006, [[Biz Stone]], [[Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur)|Evan Williams]], Dorsey, and other members of Odeo formed Obvious Corporation and acquired Odeo, together with its assets—including Odeo.com and Twitter.com—from the investors and shareholders.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Om | last=Malik | title=Odeo RIP, Hello Obvious Corp | date=October 25, 2006 | url=http://gigaom.com/2006/10/25/odeo-rip-hello-obvious-corp/ | work=[[GigaOM]] | access-date=June 20, 2009 | archive-date=May 2, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502183300/https://gigaom.com/2006/10/25/odeo-rip-hello-obvious-corp/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Williams fired Glass, who was silent about his part in Twitter's startup until 2011.<ref>{{cite news|author=Madrigal, Alexis|title=Twitter's Fifth Beatle Tells His Side of the Story|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/twitters-fifth-beatle-tells-his-side-of-the-story/237326/|date=April 14, 2011|work=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=April 26, 2011|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523231319/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/twitters-fifth-beatle-tells-his-side-of-the-story/237326/|url-status=live}}</ref> Twitter spun off into its own company in April 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailyanchor.com/2009/02/12/a-conversation-with-twitter-co-founder-jack-dorsey/ |title=A Conversation with Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey |access-date=February 12, 2009 |last=Lennon |first=Andrew |work=[[The Daily Anchor]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727073104/http://www.thedailyanchor.com/2009/02/12/a-conversation-with-twitter-co-founder-jack-dorsey/ |archive-date=July 27, 2009 }}</ref> Williams provided insight into the ambiguity that defined this early period in a 2013 interview:<ref name="Inc">{{cite web|title=Ev Williams on Twitter's Early Years|url=http://www.inc.com/issie-lapowsky/ev-williams-twitter-early-years.html?cid=em01011week40day04b|work=[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]|access-date=October 5, 2013|first=Issie|last=Lapowsky|date=October 4, 2013|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410151700/https://www.inc.com/issie-lapowsky/ev-williams-twitter-early-years.html?cid=em01011week40day04b|url-status=live}}</ref> <blockquote> With Twitter, it wasn't clear what it was. They called it a social network, they called it [[microblogging]], but it was hard to define, because it didn't replace anything. There was this path of discovery with something like that, where over time you figure out what it is. Twitter actually changed from what we thought it was in the beginning, which we described as status updates and a social utility. It is that, in part, but the insight we eventually came to was Twitter was really more of an information network than it is a social network. </blockquote> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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