How many tweets have you written since you created your user account on Twitter? How are you dealing with 140 characters? Whether you’re an expert on one of the world’s most powerful networks or just starting out, have you ever wondered who the creators of Twitter really are? Don’t worry, at the time we will tell you in detail the history of the social network. now we will tell you the history of its creators.
If you have stopped to think about the subject, surely three names come to mind: Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams. And you may have been told that Dorsey had the main idea in a taxi. Can be? We are going to add one more name: Noah Glassa forgotten fourth component that played an important role. So important that it was he who named the social network
The creators of Twitter before Twitter: Odeo
Noah Glass He was the founder of a call whose fundamental idea was the possibility of leaving a recorded message in MP3 format when calling by phone, which was hosted in the Cloud. A project he joined Evan Williams and which soon after became a podcasting platform joined by a designer named jack dorsey.
At that time Apple introduced iTunes and Odeo began to plummet. With Evan Williams as CEO and Biz Stone Also in the company, the situation looked pretty bad, so the decision was made to forget Odeo and think of another new platform to develop in the company.
Twitter was born in 2006 and not independently but as an internal Odeo tool: Dorsey thought of using SMS to create a communication system for small groups. A year later, convinced of Twitter’s great potential, the platform became independent from Odeo. Then Jack Dorsey took over as the first CEO, Biz Stone as creative director, and Evan Williams for president.
2008: Dorsey’s expulsion
At the end of 2008, Twitter was exploding and experiencing brutal growth abroad. However, inside the company things were beginning to break down. Williams suggested Dorsey’s expulsion and everyone in the company agreed. With Williams as CEO, the company grew and grew and in 2009 users “exploded”.
From 5 million reached 71.3. but twitter then crashed frequently and became the target of all criticism (surely you have ever seen the famous whale that appears on twitter when there is an error). What was happening? Employees. The other creators of Twitter, Williams and Stone urgently needed to hire a large number of employees to do the work.
The triumphant return of Jack Dorsey
In 2010, Jack Dorsey returned to Twitter as CEO and witnessed how Evan Williams left the company, which Biz Stone also did, months later when he found himself without enough support in the company. From his position as CEO (2010/2015) that he would finally conclude with the latter’s departure as he was unable to sufficiently increase the user base of the social network. Dorsey would then assume the role of Permanent CEO, where he has been ever since.
With everything on wheels and with a sufficient number of employees in charge of the large company, today “the whale” makes its appearance on occasions but in a very punctual and Twitter has become one of the great companies worldwide.
Jack Dorsey continues as CEO of the company and said goodbye to his three “friends” and creators of Twitter: Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass, currently planting himself as “the heir” of the 280-character social network.
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