#HappyBirthdayTwitter

Today, the largest microblogging service, Twitter, is nine years old.



Exactly nine years ago, on March 21, 2006, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey left the first tweet in history.





The audience of the resource has about 200 million active users (who log in to Twitter at least once a month), of which 50 million use Twitter every day. According to the company Alexa Internet , which is a subsidiary of Amazon and collects statistics on attendance of Internet resources, today Twitter ranks eighth in the ranking of the most visited sites around the world, and seventh in the United States. The resource, which was originally conceived as a simple service for instant SMS exchange between a company of friends, today has become an integral part of Internet culture and has spawned such a phenomenon as microblogging.

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Twitter got its name, as it is already accepted, by chance. The founders of the word "Twitter", which means Twitter / chat, seemed very accurate and succinct for the name of the service, where you can leave a message no longer than 140 characters.



Twitter's blog offers to track the history of the resource through the tweets left by users.



Almost a year and a half after the launch, # hashtags were born. Chris Messina thought up to use them, for designation by people of some occurring event.





On the MarsPhoenix account page in 2008, the first news about water on Mars appeared.





User Janice Krums was on the ferry and watched as the A320 plane made an emergency landing on the Hudson River , and shared with readers.





The Westminster residence of members of the British royal family Clarence House specifically created a Twitter account to announce the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton.





Late at night, user Sohaib Atar accidentally reported in real time about a helicopter attack on Osama bin Laden’s residence, during which he was neutralized.





Before appearing in public, US President Barack Obama announced his re-election to a second term on Twitter. His message was the most quoted on the service (retweet and add to favorites) for that year.





And of course, the most famous and stellar selfie in history was published on Twitter, straight from the Oscar.





A congratulatory video was also posted on YouTube on YouTube.





Throughout its existence, Twitter faced various problems, but this did not prevent it from becoming one of the most popular services in the world.



The official account of a large company, resource or organization on Twitter is the norm and a great opportunity to be informed about the events first in the format of 140 characters. #HappyBirthdayTwitter!