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Gallery: Six years after the first Twitter tweet

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    Hard to believe but on March 21, 2012 Twitter celebrated the sixth anniversary of its first tweet ,on twttr at the time, by co-founder Jack Dorsey.

    As of February, 2012, Twopcharts says that Twitter had over 532 million registered users. The site is ranked 9th overall worldwide and 8th in the U.S. by Alexia.com.  An example of Twitter's power during a crisis was when 177 million tweets were sent on March 11, 2011 after the Japanese earthquake disaster.

    For more information read Zack Whittaker's blog

    This gallery is an upgrade from the 5th anniversary gallery.

    Follow ZDNet on Twitter.

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    Controversy over the first tweet does exist. Many report this as the first tweet by Dorsey but note that this time stamp is 12 minutes later than previous one.

     

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    Twitter co-founders Evan Williams (left) and Biz Stone.

    The character limit of 140 was established because that's the maximum number of characters allowed on a phone text message - minus the address.

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    Here is co-founder Jack Dorsey (left) hanging out with Qik’s Daniel Brusilovsky at iPhone Dev Camp 2 in 2008.

    Twitter had 8 employees in 2006. There are now over 400.

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    Twitter's first logo. Twitter was created by Dorsey, Stone and Williams at the podcasting company Odeo. The three plus other Odeo members formed Obvious Corporation to break off Twitter from Odeo in October 2006.

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    Twitter's current logo for light pages.

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    The most popular tweeter is Lady Gaga currently at 21,235,225 followers.

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    One of the first "funny tweets" posted by Twitter in 2006.

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    Twitter's first baby.

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    First announced firing on Twiiter (2006).

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    First announcement of a Web site launch on Twitter in 2006.

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    One of the first reviews of Twitter from Airbag Industries in 2006.

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    One of the first Twitter apps in 2006, the "twadget."

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    Another 2006 Twitter app.

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    Here's "Twapp" from 2006.

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    A screenshot from Twitter in 2006.

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    Twitter first gained notoriety as a dumb app that let people Tweet anything irrelevant but it has lately been a critical tool for breaking news - from political unrest throughout the world, the spread of information during natural disasters such as the Japanese earthquake, and waiting in line for the new iPad.

     

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    Twitter rescheduled maintenance time in 2009 to keep lines of communication open during  a crisis in Iran.

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    Martha Stewart gives critical pie-making tips.

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By Andy Smith | March 21, 2012 -- 10:43 GMT (03:43 PDT) | Topic: Social Enterprise

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It's been six years since Jack Dorsey sent the first tweet and the results have been incredible.

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Hard to believe but on March 21, 2012 Twitter celebrated the sixth anniversary of its first tweet ,on twttr at the time, by co-founder Jack Dorsey.

As of February, 2012, Twopcharts says that Twitter had over 532 million registered users. The site is ranked 9th overall worldwide and 8th in the U.S. by Alexia.com.  An example of Twitter's power during a crisis was when 177 million tweets were sent on March 11, 2011 after the Japanese earthquake disaster.

For more information read Zack Whittaker's blog

This gallery is an upgrade from the 5th anniversary gallery.

Follow ZDNet on Twitter.

Published: March 21, 2012 -- 10:43 GMT (03:43 PDT)

Caption by: Andy Smith

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By Andy Smith | March 21, 2012 -- 10:43 GMT (03:43 PDT) | Topic: Social Enterprise

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