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What’s there to celebrate about Twitter’s fifteenth birthday?

16 July 2021

11:00 AM

16 July 2021

11:00 AM

Fifteen years ago, on July 15 2006 , Jack Dorsey launched Twitter. On that inaugural day, then 224 tweets were sent, whereas today—according to Twitter—users send that many tweets in less than a tenth of a second. The world has definitely changed as a result, but I’m not sure you could argue that it has been for the better. 

The depth and civility of social discourse has definitely suffered.

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