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X, formerly known as Twitter, is an online service that lets users send and read short messages. The site is used by celebrities, brands and journalists to distribute news directly to their fans. The site was launched in July 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange on November 7, 2013. The company was purchased by Elon Musk, for $44 billion, in September 2022 and rebranded as X on July 24, 2023.

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30 Aug, 2023

Musk booed by gamers chanting ‘Bring back Twitter’

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When Musk is briefly shown on camera during the broadcast of the Valorant World Championship Final, the crowd of gamers boos, prompting a surprised reaction from the event’s announcers, who did not address Musk’s roughly four-second appearance on camera. The crowd then shouts “Bring back Twitter!. Organiusers:

Where is that from? That can’t be from in here, surely?

Musk later laughed off the incident, describing the booing crowd members as “unhinged leftists.”

28 Oct, 2015

First TV ad

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Twitter runs its first TV ad during live coverage of baseball’s season-ending World Series. The ad promotes Moments.