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It’s been exactly 15 years since co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote the first tweet on Twitter. Numbers and facts about the anniversary.
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It’s been 15 years since the social media platform Twitter was founded, back then under the name twttr. The American software developer and co-founder Jack Dorsey (44) continued on March 21, 2006 the first tweetwhich contained five short words: “just setting up my twttr”. More facts and figures on the anniversary.
Important milestones
Numerous functions were only added over the years. In 2009, for example, hashtags were linked to hyperlinks on Twitter for the first time, the hour of birth of the hashtag function, which today is indispensable and is also distributed on other platforms such as Instagram. In 2012, a preview for pictures and videos in tweets was introduced.
More and more video content followed, in 2014 GIFs found their way into all versions of Twitter and in 2015, users were able to vote for the first time via the poll function and send direct messages. The original limit of 140 characters per tweet was then increased to 280 characters in 2017 and individual threads can be combined into threads since then.
Most recently, tests and new functions in connection with voice tweets and audio direct messages as well as fleets, which can be compared with Instagram’s Stories feature, for example, followed. Meanwhile, Twitter Spaces allows users to create audio chat rooms, similar to the popular Clubhouse app. So-called Super Follows are also planned for the future – a subscription model through which users can obtain exclusive content for a fee.
The biggest accounts
There are three footballers among the five largest German accounts. Mesut Özil (32) is the front runner with 26.1 million followers, Toni Kroos (31) lands in second place with 8.8 million and Bastian Schweinsteiger (36) ranks fourth with 4.9 million fans. Music producer Zedd (31, “True Colors”) ranks with 7.8 million followers on the three and model mom Heidi Klum (47) completes the top five with 4.9 million followers. Jan Böhmermann (40) made it to 14th place with 2.2 million followers. His first tweet By the way, in 2009 was just: “Hungry!”
In an international comparison, however, the German celebrities are far behind. In first place is the former US President Barack Obama (59) with 130 million followers – followed by singer Justin Bieber (27, 114.1 million) and his colleague Katy Perry (36, 109.5 million) .) and Rihanna (33, 102.4 million). The greatest professional footballer is Cristiano Ronaldo (36). It ranks fifth with 91.5 million followers.
Millions for a good cause
at the beginning of March announced Dorseyto want to auction the first tweet for a good cause. The auction, which ends on March 21, currently stands at $ 2.5 million. Dorsey had stated that the amount of money offered should be converted directly into Bitcoin after the auction and donated to GiveDirectly. The organization offers, among other things, Corona emergency aid in Africa.
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