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What We All Got Wrong About Twitter

2023/10/25
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Twitter began as an accidental project within Odeo, facing technical difficulties and misinterpretations of its role during the Iranian election protests. Despite external perceptions of its importance, internal struggles and technical issues persisted.

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Twitter began life as an accident. In the beginning, even its founders weren’t sure what it was: the internet’s town square, a real-time information source, or the next Facebook, maybe? Twitter's power has always been misunderstood -- by its leaders, by its users, and lately, by the world's richest person.

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