<story><title>The origin of “tweet” at Twitter (2013)</title><url>https://furbo.org/2013/06/28/the-origin-of-tweet/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jonny_eh</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s amazing how much of Twitter wasn&amp;#x27;t created by the company, but by its users. &amp;quot;Tweets&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;hashtags&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;@replies&amp;quot;, all created by users. &amp;quot;Tweet&amp;quot; has since been trademarked by the company. [0]&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.hg.org&amp;#x2F;legal-articles&amp;#x2F;update-twitter-finally-lands-coveted-tweet-trademark-30458&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.hg.org&amp;#x2F;legal-articles&amp;#x2F;update-twitter-finally-lan...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The origin of “tweet” at Twitter (2013)</title><url>https://furbo.org/2013/06/28/the-origin-of-tweet/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>slver</author><text>Looking back at old Twitter rather reminds me how simplicity was its main selling point. No threads, no images, no long tweets, and so on.&lt;p&gt;They&amp;#x27;ve since doubled their length and add bunch of meta information on every post, rendering it basically indistinguishable from any other social network.&lt;p&gt;Twitter today is running on network effects and brand recognition, not core value. That core value is gone.</text></comment>