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It was the idea of a small group of birds being in communication with each other and twittering, hence the logo is a bird. Originally, it was supposed to be a service that was text message based via mobile phones as opposed to on the web. Because of the five digit shortcodes, it was going to be called twttr.
“Twittering is the sound birds make when they communicate with each other—an apt description of the conversations here. As it turns out, because Twitter provides people with real-time public information, it also helps groups of people mimic the effortless way a flock of birds move in unison. On these pages, we’ll show you a few examples of that powerful Twitter characteristic.”
“Twittering is the sound birds make when they communicate with each other—an apt description of the conversations here. As it turns out, because Twitter provides people with real-time public information, it also helps groups of people mimic the effortless way a flock of birds move in unison. On these pages, we’ll show you a few examples of that powerful Twitter characteristic.”