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Twitter is a website owned and operated by Twitter Inc.., Which offers a social networking micro-blogging that allows users to send and read messages called chirp (tweets). Tweets are text posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the user profile page. Tweets can be seen outside, but senders can restrict message delivery to their friends list only. Users can see other writers chirp known as followers ("followers").

All users can send and receive chirp via the Twitter website, compatible external applications (cell phones), or with a short message (SMS) available in certain countries. The site is based in San Bruno, California near San Francisco, where the site was first made. Twitter also has servers and offices in San Antonio, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts.

Since its creation in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter has gained popularity worldwide and currently has more than 100 million users. It is sometimes described as the "SMS of the Internet".

Twitter has a logo in the form of a blue bird named "Larry the" Bird ", named after a former NBA basketball player, Larry Bird.

Twitter started with a discussion held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo. During the meeting, Jack Dorsey introduced the idea of ​​twitter in which individuals can use the SMS service to communicate with a small group. This project began on 21 publicly on July 15, 2006. Twitter became its own company in April 2007.

Twitter popularity began to rise in 2007 when there were festival South by Southwest (SXSW). During the last event, Twitter usage increased from 20,000 per day to 60,000 chirp. Reaction at the festival was very positive.

On 14 September 2010, Twitter change the logo and launched a new design and logo changed again to "Larry the" Bird "on June 5, 2012.

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