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A brief history of Twitter, in 280 characters

2006: twttr
2007: Twitter
2008: Fail Whale
2009: Tweetie
2010: New Twitter
2011: Dickbar
2012: The free speech wing of the free speech party
2014: #Gamergate
2021: Hellsite
2022: Birdsite
2023: X, formally known as Twitter
2024: Twitter (sorry, I refuse to call it ‘X’)
2026: What is Twitter?

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