X/Twitter

X (formerly Twitter) has certainly grown a lot from the days when you would send tweets via SMS text messages about what you had for breakfast. Founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass, the microblogging service turned real-time social media newswire was acquired by Elon Musk in 2022 and renamed and rebranded X in 2023.

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The fake verified posts got way worse for Twitter
photo illustration of broken twitter logo with fake verified pepsi tweet

Tumblr trolls Twitter by offering two pointless blue check marks for $7.99
A blue tick sign on a platter.




Hey Elon, please just take my Twitter checkmark away
Man without a Twitter checkmark in a crowd full of them



If you buy a blue checkmark, Twitter will tell on you
Verified Elon Musk

Twitter's 'Official' checkmark rollout was a mess
picture of elon musk in halloween costume and screenshot of tweet with official badge in it




Elon Musk can't tweet his way out of this
Elon Musk's Twitter handle on a smartphone against a red line declining steeply.

Man eats 40 chickens in 40 consecutive days, goes viral
Two side-by-side photos show a man eating a whole chicken with a large carrot resting on the table.


Twitter's blue tick was more than a status symbol
Three badges in a row: the twitter verification badge, the vine verification badge, and a badge with a dollar sign in it.


How to move your Twitter followers to Substack
An illustration of a blue twitter bird sitting on a telephone wire. Behind it is a pink sunset and white cloud, one of which has the Substack logo on it.

Did Ryan Reynolds just join Tumblr to escape the Twitter dumpster fire?
A still of Ryan Reynolds from the "Spirited" trailer. He is wearing a suit and tie. Next to him are pasted four Tumblr replies reading: "Please don't turn this into new Twitter." "Welcome to the hellsite, Ryan." "Ryan best what's going on." and "yeah, you'll fit right in."


The 11 best tweets from Twitter's worst week
illustration of twitter with screenshot of tweet

Twitter's death might be the end of social media for me
Twitter feed full of Elon Musk posts

Twitter layoffs are the deepest of a thousand cuts. Here's where else big tech is bleeding.
Twitter HQ with a 'no right turn on red' sign


Musk says advertisers are fleeing Twitter, so he's going to charge users to DM celebs
Elon Musk Twitter
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