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Available in 165 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-165" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">165 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ace mw-list-item"><a href="https://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Acehnese" lang="ace" hreflang="ace" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Acèh" data-language-local-name="Acehnese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Acèh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(soziales_Netzwerk)" title="X (soziales Netzwerk) – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="X (soziales Netzwerk)" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%B5%E1%8B%8A%E1%89%B0%E1%88%AD" title="ትዊተር – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ትዊተር" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%83%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A9_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84)" title="إكس (منصة تواصل) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إكس (منصة تواصل)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0" title="টুইটাৰ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="টুইটাৰ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="ट्विटर – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="ट्विटर" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Твиттер – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Твиттер" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="توئیتر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="توئیتر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bm mw-list-item"><a href="https://bm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiwit%C9%9Bri" title="Tiwitɛri – Bambara" lang="bm" hreflang="bm" data-title="Tiwitɛri" data-language-autonym="Bamanankan" data-language-local-name="Bambara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bamanankan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="টুইটার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="টুইটার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(si%C4%81-k%C3%BBn_b%C4%81ng-ch%C4%81m)" title="X (siā-kûn bāng-chām) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="X (siā-kûn bāng-chām)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="X (сацыяльная сетка) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="X (сацыяльная сетка)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="X (сацыяльная сетка) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="X (сацыяльная сетка)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="ट्विटर – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="ट्विटर" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Туитър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Туитър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/X" title="X – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="X" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Твиттер – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Твиттер" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(soci%C3%A1ln%C3%AD_s%C3%AD%C5%A5)" title="X (sociální síť) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="X (sociální síť)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(socialt_medie)" title="X (socialt medie) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="X (socialt medie)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="تويتر – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="تويتر" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(soziales_Netzwerk)" title="X (soziales Netzwerk) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="X (soziales Netzwerk)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="ट्विटर – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="ट्विटर" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%BF_%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%84%CF%8D%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82)" title="X (μέσο κοινωνικής δικτύωσης) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="X (μέσο κοινωνικής δικτύωσης)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Твиттер – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Твиттер" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(mikrobloga_servo)" title="X (mikrobloga servo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="X (mikrobloga servo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="توییتر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="توییتر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(l%C3%ADonra_s%C3%B3isialta)" title="X (líonra sóisialta) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="X (líonra sóisialta)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(moggyl_sheshoil)" title="X (moggyl sheshoil) – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="X (moggyl sheshoil)" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8A%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="تۊئيتر – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="تۊئيتر" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%9F%E0%AA%B0" title="ટ્વિટર – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ટ્વિટર" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(%EC%86%8C%EC%85%9C_%EB%84%A4%ED%8A%B8%EC%9B%8C%ED%81%AC)" title="X (소셜 네트워크) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="X (소셜 네트워크)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Թվիթթեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Թվիթթեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="ट्विटर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ट्विटर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(dru%C5%A1tvena_mre%C5%BEa)" title="X (društvena mreža) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="X (društvena mreža)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(media_sosial)" title="X (media sosial) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="X (media sosial)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(samf%C3%A9lagsmi%C3%B0ill)" title="X (samfélagsmiðill) – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="X (samfélagsmiðill)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8" title="טוויטר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טוויטר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D" title="ಟ್ವಿಟ್ಟರ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಟ್ವಿಟ್ಟರ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%D9%8F%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%B1" title="ٹُویٹر – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="ٹُویٹر" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(Twitter)" title="X (Twitter) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="X (Twitter)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Твиттер – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Твиттер" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%94%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%95%E0%BA%B5" title="ທະວິດເຕີ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ທະວິດເຕີ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(Soziaalt_Netzwierk)" title="X (Soziaalt Netzwierk) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="X (Soziaalt Netzwierk)" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nia mw-list-item"><a href="https://nia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Nias" lang="nia" hreflang="nia" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Li Niha" data-language-local-name="Nias" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Li Niha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(internetdeens)" title="X (internetdeens) – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="X (internetdeens)" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mad mw-list-item"><a href="https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Madurese" lang="mad" hreflang="mad" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Madhurâ" data-language-local-name="Madurese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Madhurâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="ट्विटर – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="ट्विटर" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Твитер – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Твитер" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_(%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D)" title="എക്സ് (സോഷ്യൽ നെറ്റ്‌വർക്ക്) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="എക്സ് (സോഷ്യൽ നെറ്റ്‌വർക്ക്)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="ट्विटर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ट्विटर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="تويتر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="تويتر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%8B%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%A0%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%94" title="ꯇ꯭ꯋꯤꯠꯇꯔ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯇ꯭ꯋꯤꯠꯇꯔ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Твиттер – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Твиттер" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%90%E1%80%BD%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%AC" title="တွစ်တာ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="တွစ်တာ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(sociaalnetwerksite)" title="X (sociaalnetwerksite) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="X (sociaalnetwerksite)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/X" title="X – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="X" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="ट्विटर – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="ट्विटर" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%B9)" title="X (ソーシャル・ネットワーキング・サービス) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="X (ソーシャル・ネットワーキング・サービス)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(sosialt_nettverk)" title="X (sosialt nettverk) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="X (sosialt nettverk)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(Twitter)" title="X (Twitter) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="X (Twitter)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%9F%E0%AD%81%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%9F%E0%AC%B0" title="ଟୁଇଟର – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଟୁଇଟର" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B0" title="ਟਵਿਟਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਟਵਿਟਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%B1" title="ٹویٹر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ٹویٹر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BC%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%BC%D8%B1" title="ټویټر – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ټویټر" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%92%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%90%E1%9E%BA%E1%9E%9A" title="ធ្វិតថឺរ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ធ្វិតថឺរ" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(serwis_spo%C5%82eczno%C5%9Bciowy)" title="X (serwis społecznościowy) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="X (serwis społecznościowy)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Твиттер – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Твиттер" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="ट्विटर – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="ट्विटर" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8" title="ᱴᱩᱭᱴᱚᱨ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱴᱩᱭᱴᱚᱨ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(rrjet_social)" title="X (rrjet social) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="X (rrjet social)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%A7%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A" title="ට්විටර් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ට්විටර්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BD%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%BD%D8%B1" title="ٽوئيٽر – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ٽوئيٽر" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuwitter" title="Tuwitter – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Tuwitter" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1" title="تویتەر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="تویتەر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(m%C3%A9dia_sosial)" title="X (média sosial) – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="X (média sosial)" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(sosiaalinen_media)" title="X (sosiaalinen media) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="X (sosiaalinen media)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(hatirang_pangmadla)" title="X (hatirang pangmadla) – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="X (hatirang pangmadla)" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D" title="டுவிட்டர் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="டுவிட்டர்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Твиттер – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Твиттер" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%91%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AD%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%82%89%E1%80%90%E1%82%83%E1%82%87" title="ထဝိတ်ႉတႃႇ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="ထဝိတ်ႉတႃႇ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D" title="ట్విట్టర్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ట్విట్టర్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C" title="ทวิตเตอร์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ทวิตเตอร์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-din mw-list-item"><a href="https://din.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter – Dinka" lang="din" hreflang="din" data-title="Twitter" data-language-autonym="Thuɔŋjäŋ" data-language-local-name="Dinka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Thuɔŋjäŋ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a 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.infobox-full-data div{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data div{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">X</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:X_logo_2023.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/X_logo_2023.svg/220px-X_logo_2023.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/X_logo_2023.svg/330px-X_logo_2023.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/X_logo_2023.svg/440px-X_logo_2023.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="271" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Logo used since July 2023</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height: 1.35em;">Twitter (2006–2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/wiki/Private_company" title="Private company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/wiki/Websites" class="mw-redirect" title="Websites">Websites</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dorsey" title="Jack Dorsey">Jack Dorsey</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Evan_Williams_(entrepreneur)" title="Evan Williams (entrepreneur)">Evan Williams</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Biz_Stone" title="Biz Stone">Biz Stone</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><div style="display: inline;" class="locality">795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107</div>, <div style="display: inline;" class="country-name"><span class="nowrap">United States</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> <small>(Owner, CTO & <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">Chairman</a>)</small><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Yaccarino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Linda Yaccarino (not yet started)">Linda Yaccarino</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a>)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Evan_Williams_(entrepreneur)" title="Evan Williams (entrepreneur)">Evan Williams</a> <small>(Product Strategy)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Biz_Stone" title="Biz Stone">Biz Stone</a> <small>(Creative Director)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Services</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/wiki/Social_networking" class="mw-redirect" title="Social networking">Social networking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microblogging" class="mw-redirect" title="Microblogging">Microblogging</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US $5.081 billion (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-Twitter_Hacked_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-Twitter_Hacked-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;">7,500 (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-pressinfo_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressinfo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/">x<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q918#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Twitter</b>, officially known as <b>X</b> since July 2023, is a <a href="/wiki/Social_network_service" title="Social network service">social networking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microblogging" class="mw-redirect" title="Microblogging">microblogging</a> service. Users of any device with an <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">internet</a> connection and a <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a> can send and read messages, called "tweets", on X. For years, tweets could be up to 140 <a href="/wiki/Character_(computing)" title="Character (computing)">characters</a> long, then doubled to 280 characters in November 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-max280_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-max280-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tweets appear on the user's profile <a href="/wiki/Webpage" title="Webpage">webpage</a>. Tweets can usually be read by anyone, but senders can also keep messages private. Private tweets only go to their list of friends. Users may <a href="/wiki/Subscription" title="Subscription">subscribe</a> to tweets from other people. This is called <i>following</i>, and subscribers are known as <i>followers</i>. As of late 2009, users can also follow lists of authors.<sup id="cite_ref-lists1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lists1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lists2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lists2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All users can send and receive tweets using the X website. They can also use other applications that work with X on <a href="/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphones</a>. Twitter by <a href="/wiki/SMS" title="SMS">Short Message Service</a> (SMS) is available in certain countries.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Using X is free, but sending or getting tweets by SMS may cost money. The website is based in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco, California</a>. X also has servers and offices in <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio, Texas">San Antonio, Texas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a>, and soon in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City, Utah</a>. </p><p>As Twitter, the service became very popular worldwide since <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dorsey" title="Jack Dorsey">Jack Dorsey</a> created it in 2006. It had more than 126 million active users as of 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is sometimes described as the "SMS of the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 25, 2022, the Twitter board of directors agreed to <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a>'s <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US</a>$44 billion offer to buy the company.<sup id="cite_ref-elon_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elon-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 27, 2022, Elon Musk took control of the company and fired CEO Parag Agarwal along with other top executives.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Twttr_sketch-Dorsey-2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Twttr_sketch-Dorsey-2006.jpg/200px-Twttr_sketch-Dorsey-2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Twttr_sketch-Dorsey-2006.jpg/300px-Twttr_sketch-Dorsey-2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Twttr_sketch-Dorsey-2006.jpg/400px-Twttr_sketch-Dorsey-2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dorsey" title="Jack Dorsey">Jack Dorsey's</a> drawing of an idea for an <a href="/wiki/SMS" title="SMS">SMS</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Social_network" title="Social network">social network</a> in around 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>Twitter started at a <a href="/wiki/Podcast" class="mw-redirect" title="Podcast">podcasting</a> company <a href="/w/index.php?title=Odeo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Odeo (not yet started)">Odeo</a>. The company board members had a "daylong brainstorming session". During the meeting, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dorsey" title="Jack Dorsey">Jack Dorsey</a> introduced the idea of one person using an <a href="/wiki/SMS" title="SMS">SMS</a> service to communicate with a small group. At first, they called this project "twttr". It fit the five-character length of American SMS <a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_code&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short code (not yet started)">short codes</a> and sounded like "<a href="/wiki/Flickr" title="Flickr">Flickr</a>". At first, the developers planned to use "10958" as a short code. Later they changed it to "40404" because it was easier to remember and type.<sup id="cite_ref-HowTwitterWasBorn_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HowTwitterWasBorn-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dorsey sent the first Twitter message at 9:50 PM <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Standard Time">Pacific Standard Time</a> (PST) March 21, 2006. The first tweet was, "just setting up my twttr."<sup id="cite_ref-Dorsey2006_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dorsey2006-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-max280_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-max280-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r7427041">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[W]e came across the word "<a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/twitter" class="extiw" title="wikt:twitter">twitter</a>," 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.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dorsey" title="Jack Dorsey">Jack Dorsey</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The first version of Twitter was only for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Odeo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Odeo (not yet started)">Odeo</a> employees to use. They opened the full version for anyone to use on July 15, 2006. In October 2006, <a href="/wiki/Biz_Stone" title="Biz Stone">Biz Stone</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Evan_Williams_(blogger)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evan Williams (blogger) (not yet started)">Evan Williams</a>, Dorsey, and other members of Odeo started a new company called Obvious Corporation. Obvious Corporation bought Odeo and all of its property–including Odeo.com and Twitter.com–from the investors and <a href="/wiki/Shareholder" title="Shareholder">shareholders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Odeo_RIP_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Odeo_RIP-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twitter became its own separate company in April 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-Dorsey_Interview_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dorsey_Interview-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Twitter started becoming very popular after the 2007 <a href="/wiki/South_by_Southwest" title="South by Southwest">South by Southwest</a> (SXSW) festival. During the event, Twitter usage increased from 20,000 tweets per day to 60,000.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Twitter company set up two very large computer screens in the hallways at the conference. These screens only showed Twitter messages. Hundreds of people at the conference checked on what each other were doing by looking at the many tweets. Panelists and speakers talked about Twitter. Bloggers at SXSW described it to others in a very positive way.<sup id="cite_ref-Newsweek_Tipping_Point_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newsweek_Tipping_Point-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reaction at the festival was very good. Blogger Scott Beale said that Twitter "absolutely rul[ed]" SXSW. Social software researcher <a href="/w/index.php?title=Danah_Boyd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danah Boyd (not yet started)">Danah Boyd</a> said Twitter "own[ed]" the festival.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twitter staff won the festival's Web Award prize. They said, "we'd like to thank you in 140 characters or less. And we just did!"<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Twitter_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Twitter_logo.svg/200px-Twitter_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Twitter_logo.svg/300px-Twitter_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Twitter_logo.svg/400px-Twitter_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="94" /></a><figcaption>Previous Twitter logo, used until September 14, 2010</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_Twitter.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Logo_of_Twitter.svg/100px-Logo_of_Twitter.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Logo_of_Twitter.svg/150px-Logo_of_Twitter.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Logo_of_Twitter.svg/200px-Logo_of_Twitter.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="421" /></a><figcaption>Twitter logo used from 2012 to 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>On September 14, 2010, Twitter changed the site design and added a new logo.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 5, 2012, the Twitter logo was modified slightly and the text in the Twitter logo was removed.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 4, 2010, Evan Williams announced that he would not be CEO any more. Dick Costolo became the new CEO. He had been COO of Twitter. Williams will stay with the company and work on plans for the future of Twitter.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2022, <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> became the company's owner after buying it for USD $44 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-elon_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elon-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 24, 2023, Musk announced that he was changing the name of Twitter to X. He replaced the blue bird logo with an X.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Overview" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Overview"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Technology author <a href="/w/index.php?title=Steven_Berlin_Johnson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steven Berlin Johnson (not yet started)">Steven Johnson</a> described the basic way Twitter works. He called it "remarkably simple." Following is an important part of Twitter as a social network. Users' Twitter home pages show all of the tweets from people they follow. The tweets appear from newest to oldest. Johnson said:<sup id="cite_ref-twitterchangesthewaywelive_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterchangesthewaywelive-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r7427041"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>If you follow 20 people, you'll see a mix of tweets moving down the page: breakfast-cereal updates, interesting new links, music recommendations, even thoughts on the future of education.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="People_who_use_Twitter">People who use Twitter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: People who use Twitter" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: People who use Twitter"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twitter is mainly used by older adults who might not have used other social sites before Twitter. Jeremiah Owyang studies social media. He said, "Adults are just catching up to what teens have been doing for years."<sup id="cite_ref-teensdonttweet_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teensdonttweet-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only 11% of Twitter's users were 12 to 17 years old in September 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-teensdonttweet_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teensdonttweet-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This may be because Twitter first gained popularity in businesses and news media that attract more older people. Many famous people such as <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Kutcher" title="Ashton Kutcher">Ashton Kutcher</a> are Twitter users.<sup id="cite_ref-comscore_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comscore-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2009, more women than men used Twitter—53% women; 47% men. Only 5% of users made 75% of all tweets. Also, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> had the most Twitter users.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This is a brief summary of Twitter users as of 3 September 2009. </p> <ul><li>Total users: 27 million</li> <li>Age: 63% of Twitter users were less than 35 years old</li> <li>Race: 60% of Twitter users were <a href="/wiki/Caucasian" class="mw-disambig" title="Caucasian">Caucasian</a>. 16% were <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a>. That is higher than other Internet sites. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic" title="Hispanic">Hispanic</a> users were 11%.</li> <li>Income: 58% of Twitter users had a total household income of at least $60K.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><br /> The United States has the most Twitter users, followed by <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African Americans</a> are more likely to use Twitter more than any other racial group.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popularity">Popularity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Popularity" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Popularity"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twitter is one of the 10 most visited websites in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had more than 100 million users as of April 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the start of February 2019, Twitter had 126 million users who used the service daily.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logging_in">Logging in</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Logging in" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Logging in"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>People can use software from other companies to access Twitter. These programs are called <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Third-party_applications&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Third-party applications (not yet started)">third-party applications</a></i>. The Twitter company changed the way this works on 31 August 2010. Now applications must use <a href="/w/index.php?title=OAuth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OAuth (not yet started)">OAuth</a> to connect to Twitter. This method means that users do not have to give their <a href="/wiki/Password" title="Password">passwords</a> to the third-party applications. Changing the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Login&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Login (not yet started)">login</a> system to OAuth did cause some problems. Using OAuth had been optional and programs used to be able to ask for usernames and passwords. However, now third-party applications that try to use a username and password do not work at all. The Twitter company said that using OAuth will give users "increased security and a better experience."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technology">Technology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Technology" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Technology"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interface">Interface</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Interface" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Interface"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 30, 2009, Twitter changed the way it looks on the web. They added a search bar and a space on the right side of the page with "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Trending_topic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trending topic (not yet started)">Trending Topics</a>". That space shows the most common phrases appearing in messages. <a href="/wiki/Biz_Stone" title="Biz Stone">Biz Stone</a> explained that all messages are instantly <a href="/wiki/Index_(search_engine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Index (search engine)">indexed</a> and explained the results of the change. The Trending Topics has made Twitter something "unexpectedly important — a discovery engine for finding out what is happening right now."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Service_problems">Service problems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Service problems" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Service problems"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sometimes Twitter users experience a problem with the service and cannot access the website. They cannot read or write tweets but only see the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fail_Whale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fail Whale (not yet started)">Fail Whale</a></i> image created by Yiying Lu,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Twitter worked well approximately 98% of the time in 2007. That is about six full days of no service.<sup id="cite_ref-downtime2_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-downtime2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The problems were particularly noticeable during events popular with the technology industry such as the 2008 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Macworld_Conference_%26_Expo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Macworld Conference & Expo (not yet started)">Macworld Conference & Expo</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Keynote&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keynote (not yet started)">keynote address</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-downtime3_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-downtime3-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-downtime4_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-downtime4-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>May 2008, Twitter's new engineering team made changes to the structure of Twitter to handle the amount of growth. Problems with stability caused the service to stop working sometimes and forced Twitter to cancel some features for a short time.</li> <li>August 2008, Twitter stopped free <a href="/wiki/SMS" title="SMS">SMS</a> services for users in the United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for approximately five months instant messaging support via a <a href="/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a> <a href="/wiki/Internet_bot" title="Internet bot">bot</a> was listed as being "temporarily unavailable".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 12, 2009, there was a serious problem with the unique number that identifies each tweet. This was called a possible "Twitpocalypse". (This is a combination of Twitter and <a href="/wiki/Apocalypse" title="Apocalypse">apocalypse</a>). The number that labels each tweet went beyond the limit of <a href="/wiki/32-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="32-bit">32-bit</a> signed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Integer_(computer_science)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Integer (computer science) (not yet started)">integers</a>. That limit was 2,147,483,647 messages.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Twitter itself was not affected, some third-party clients could not access recent tweets. Software developers made <a href="/w/index.php?title=Patch_(computing)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patch (computing) (not yet started)">Patches</a> quickly. However, some <a href="/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a> applications had to wait for approval from the <a href="/wiki/App_Store_(iOS)" title="App Store (iOS)">App Store</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 22, 2009, the identifier went past the limit for 32-bit <i>unsigned</i> integers (4,294,967,296 total messages). This broke some third-party applications again.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 6, 2009, Twitter and <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> both suffered a <a href="/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Denial-of-service attack">denial-of-service attack</a>. This stopped the Twitter website from working for several hours.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The attacks were actually directed at one <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">pro-Georgian</a> user around the anniversary of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_South_Ossetia_War&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 South Ossetia War (not yet started)">2008 South Ossetia War</a>, rather than the sites themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 17, 2009, a hacking attack replaced the website's welcoming screen for almost one hour. Users saw an image of a green flag and the words "This site has been hacked by Iranian Cyber Army". So far there is no proof of any connection between the hackers and the government of Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Open_source">Open source</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Open source" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Open source"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twitter developed several software projects to improve their own service. The company shared these as <a href="/wiki/Open_source" title="Open source">open source</a> software.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these software projects are related to databases, such as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gizzard_(scala_framework)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gizzard (scala framework) (not yet started)">Gizzard Scala framework</a> and a distributed graph database called <a href="/w/index.php?title=FlockDB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FlockDB (not yet started)">FlockDB</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="t.co">t.co</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Change section: t.co" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: t.co"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>t.co</b> is a service created by Twitter to make <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator" title="Uniform Resource Locator">URLs</a> shorter.<sup id="cite_ref-twitterhelpshort_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterhelpshort-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It can only be used for links that people post to Twitter. It is not available for other uses.<sup id="cite_ref-twitterhelpshort_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterhelpshort-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually all links on Twitter will use t.co.<sup id="cite_ref-twitterblog_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterblog-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company hopes that the service will protect users from harmful websites.<sup id="cite_ref-twitterhelpshort_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterhelpshort-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They will also use it to keep a record of people clicking on links in tweets.<sup id="cite_ref-twitterhelpshort_51-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterhelpshort-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-register_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-register-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_of_t.co">History of t.co</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Change section: History of t.co" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: History of t.co"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Twitter_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Twitter_Logo.png/100px-Twitter_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Twitter_Logo.png/150px-Twitter_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Twitter_Logo.png/200px-Twitter_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="513" /></a><figcaption>Logo of t.co</figcaption></figure> <p>Twitter had used the services from other sites such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=TinyURL&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TinyURL (not yet started)">TinyURL</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit.ly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bit.ly (not yet started)">bit.ly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They began trying their own way of making URLs shorter for direct messages in March 2010. They used the domain, twt.tl,<sup id="cite_ref-twitterblog_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterblog-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before they bought the t.co domain. </p><p>The company is using these accounts to test the service on the main site: @TwitterAPI, @rsarver, and @raffi.<sup id="cite_ref-twitterblog_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterblog-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 2, 2010, Twitter sent an email message to users to explain that they were starting to open the service to them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other">Other</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Change section: Other" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 28,</span> 2009</span>. <q>Also known as the 'SMS of the internet', Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Business+Standard+India&rft.atitle=Swine+flu%27s+tweet+tweet+causes+online+flutter&rft.date=2009-04-29&rft.aulast=D%27Monte&rft.aufirst=Leslie&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.business-standard.com%2Findia%2Fnews%2Fswine-flu%255Cs-tweet-tweet-causes-online-flutter%2F356604%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ATwitter" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-elon-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-elon_10-0">10.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-elon_10-1">10.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFFeiner2022" class="citation web cs1">Feiner, Lauren (2022-04-25). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/twitter-accepts-elon-musks-buyout-deal.html">"Twitter accepts Elon Musk's buyout deal"</a>. <i>CNBC</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220426185639/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/twitter-accepts-elon-musks-buyout-deal.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2022-04-26<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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