The microblogging site Twitter is currently quite popular. Elon Musk has raised the bar of discussion on the site by talking about buying Twitter. Although in the end Twitter may not be sold. Whatever it is, let’s learn some interesting things about Twitter in this post.
The origin of the name Twitter
Before naming the platform, many names like “FriendStalker”, “Vibrate” and “Twitch” were checked before selecting “Twitter”. Although friends or celebrities can be “stockpiled” on Twitter, the name Friendstocker is by no means consistent with current Twitter. Co-founder Noah Glass searched Twitter for the name, which meant the chirping of certain birds.
Number of Tweets per minute
350,000 tweets are posted every minute on Twitter. This means that the users of the platform post more than 500 million tweets every day. If you think this number is big, you will be surprised to hear the number of Facebook posts per minute. About 3 million posts are made on Facebook every minute.
HashTag
We got the hashtag feature for a gentleman named Chris Messina. Hashtags are used to place messages on a specific topic in one place. The hashtag feature comes in handy on a variety of occasions. Hashtags are now being used on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and even in advertising.
Chris Messina thought that an instant channel could be created by adding any symbol like a hash (#) before a word or phrase. He also wrote a 2,000-word proposal to Stone, one of Twitter’s co-founders. However, he rejected this idea. The issue became popular during Diego Wildfire in 2006 and was later added to Twitter.
The most followed person
Former US President Barack Obama is currently the most followed person on Twitter. He currently has about 131 million followers on his Twitter account. Then there is Canadian singer Justin Bieber. The five most-followed Twitter personalities are Barack Obama, Justin Bieber, Katie Perry, Rihanna, and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Sweden and Twitter
Sweden’s official Twitter account gives any citizen the freedom to control it for a day. This funny thing started in 2011 and will continue till 2018. It began its journey as an attempt to see the country through the eyes of citizens but was later shut down due to online harassment.
What happens when Twitter is overloaded?
In 2007, there was a lot of growth on Twitter, and on different occasions, people started coming to Twitter and crowding. Due to these reasons, the number of new users and users on Twitter is increasing at a tremendous rate. When the Twitter server is overloaded, an illustration is seen. This illustration shows a whale being picked up by 8 Twitter birds out of the water. Twitter users call this page “Fail Whale”.
Twttr or Twitter?
Another interesting fact about Twitter is that its name was not Twitter at first. “Twttr” is first selected as the official name of the platform. At that time there was a trend of removing Vowel from the brand name. Software developer Noah Glass discovered twitter and twitter.
Character limit
In the beginning, Twitter could be used and texted through text messages. There was a limit of 160 characters in the message, for the same reason it was not possible to tweet using more than 140 characters. This means that Twitter had this rule due to the character limit of SMS. Later, however, the maximum tweet length was increased to 260 characters.
Twitter and addiction
According to the Booth Business School at the University of Chicago, Twitter is more addictive than alcohol and cigarettes.
First tweet
The first tweet was from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Jack posted the tweet on March 21, 2006, writing “Just setting up my twttr”. A few days ago, this tweet was sold in NFT format for 2.9 million dollars.
Twitter bird name
Do you know the name of the bird used in the Twitter logo? The name of this blue bird on Twitter is Larry. Although Twitter was founded in 2006, the identity of “Larry” was confirmed in 2012.
Special belief
Be prepared to find the most exclusive information on this list of fun topics about Twitter. Vatican and Catholic Church believers believe that their sins will be atoned for after death in a correctional facility. Spending time in the refinery can be reduced by helping others, donating to the poor, and praying regularly. Interestingly, during World Youth Day 2013, the Vatican announced that those who would follow the Pope on Twitter would have less time spent in the penitentiary and would be able to go to Heaven much faster.
In countries where Twitter is banned
Twitter has been officially banned in many countries. Twitter has been officially banned in Nigeria, China, Iran, North Korea, Turkmenistan, etc.
