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It's amazing how much of Twitter wasn't created by the company, but by its users. "Tweets", "hashtags", "@replies", all created by users. "Tweet" has since been

It's amazing how much of Twitter wasn't created by the company, but by its users. "Tweets", "hashtags", "@replies", all created by users. "Tweet" has since been trademarked by the company. [0] [0] https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/update-twitter-finally-lands-coveted-tweet-trademark-30458 https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/update-twitter-finally-lan...

nextstep 6y ago
It’s too bad the system isn’t collectively owned by the users.
Workaccount2 6y ago
I wanna know who supplanted PM with DM. It's PM god damnit!
- hbosch 6y ago
  PMs imply privacy.
  - nkozyra 6y ago
    They're also known as "Personal" Messages
    - simlevesque 6y ago
      Never heard this before, but personal seems like another word for private in this case.
      - nkozyra 6y ago
        From Wikipedia: "A private message, personal message, or direct message (abbreviated as PM or DM) is a private communication channel between users on any given platform. " They are all private in terms of intended recipients. They're not cryptographically protected.
- camehere3saydis 6y ago
  Most likely a project manager.
- mattowen_uk 6y ago
  "Slid into their DMs"... Arrrgh! On and Off I try with Twitter, but it just doesn't work for me. I would delete my account, but there's so many companies and services who are only accessible via their Twitter accounts, that without an ability to message them, you can't raise an issue. As an interesting (well, to me) side note, a few months ago I migrated away from being 'Jaruzel' on many sites to 'MattOwen_UK'. Within 24 hours of switching my account name on Twitter, someone else had grabbed @jaruzel. I was surprised at the speed that happened.
- controlledchaos 6y ago
  Dungeon Master sounds pretty cool in my books!
LasangaCode 6y ago
The same goes for all social medias. They're all-user generated content.
- dang 6y ago
  I don't think the GP was talking about content so much as how Twitter's features were shaped in the early years, by formalizing how users were creatively adapting the site. Twitter stood out that way.
- codemac 6y ago
  Not true at all - stories ala Snapchat were not invented by users. Twitter was (but no longer) awesome by allowing folks to consume plain text with socially agreed upon meaning rather than features of the client. It's my feeling that instead of piling on more metadata into the posts, they could have done something more similar to RES on reddit, and expanded the text limit.
webwielder2 6y ago
Threads, too. And Favorites was a feature for bookmarking but users turned it into a Like button. Also I believe their bird logo was bought at iStock.
soneca 6y ago
Even the blue bird apparently
stormbrew 6y ago
Also retweets. And quote tweets. And they made nearly every one of those things worse somehow. It's almost impressive.

nextstep 6y ago

It’s too bad the system isn’t collectively owned by the users.

Workaccount2 6y ago

I wanna know who supplanted PM with DM. It's PM god damnit!

hbosch 6y ago
PMs imply privacy.
- nkozyra 6y ago
  They're also known as "Personal" Messages
  - simlevesque 6y ago
    Never heard this before, but personal seems like another word for private in this case.
    - nkozyra 6y ago
      From Wikipedia: "A private message, personal message, or direct message (abbreviated as PM or DM) is a private communication channel between users on any given platform. " They are all private in terms of intended recipients. They're not cryptographically protected.
camehere3saydis 6y ago
Most likely a project manager.
mattowen_uk 6y ago
"Slid into their DMs"... Arrrgh! On and Off I try with Twitter, but it just doesn't work for me. I would delete my account, but there's so many companies and services who are only accessible via their Twitter accounts, that without an ability to message them, you can't raise an issue. As an interesting (well, to me) side note, a few months ago I migrated away from being 'Jaruzel' on many sites to 'MattOwen_UK'. Within 24 hours of switching my account name on Twitter, someone else had grabbed @jaruzel. I was surprised at the speed that happened.
controlledchaos 6y ago
Dungeon Master sounds pretty cool in my books!

LasangaCode 6y ago

The same goes for all social medias. They're all-user generated content.

dang 6y ago
I don't think the GP was talking about content so much as how Twitter's features were shaped in the early years, by formalizing how users were creatively adapting the site. Twitter stood out that way.
codemac 6y ago
Not true at all - stories ala Snapchat were not invented by users. Twitter was (but no longer) awesome by allowing folks to consume plain text with socially agreed upon meaning rather than features of the client. It's my feeling that instead of piling on more metadata into the posts, they could have done something more similar to RES on reddit, and expanded the text limit.

webwielder2 6y ago

Threads, too. And Favorites was a feature for bookmarking but users turned it into a Like button. Also I believe their bird logo was bought at iStock.

soneca 6y ago

Even the blue bird apparently

stormbrew 6y ago

Also retweets. And quote tweets. And they made nearly every one of those things worse somehow. It's almost impressive.