Twitter Celebrates Its 10th Birthday

Before polls, hashtag emojis and throwback Thursdays, the service started simply, with an innocent tweet on March 21, 2006 from co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey.

Millions of people use Twitter every day—everyone from Justin Bieber to President Barack Obama.

It has become a powerful platform of self-expression, aided political revolutions and fostered personal connections, 140 characters at a time.

However, before polls and hashtag emojis and throwback Thursdays, the service started simply, with an innocent tweet on March 21, 2006 from co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey.

Twitter celebrates its 10th birthday today, one filled with favorites likes, retweets and emojis.

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