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News18
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News18
People Share Their Favourite Tweets On 19th Birthday: How Twitter Became Pop Culture Icon
Folks on Twitter came together to share their favourite tweets on app's 19th birthday. Egg display pictures, 140 characters, and celebrities who spoke like the common janta. 'Aapna kya lena dena," Salman Khan told us in 2010 on Twitter. The screenshot of that out-of-context tweet by Khan is still used as a meme to this date. Twitter, in every essence, was a pathbreaking social media microblogging website. It shrunk the world and brought the quirky (read: weird) minds under the wings. The young folks quickly realised the power of anonymity and began exhibiting their alter ego on a website not frequented by their Facebook relatives. The blue check mark was a flex that the credit card couldn't purchase. It was a liberating experience. The restrictive nature of words made users think hard and backspace to eternity. The message, even if it catered to 3 people living in different corners of the world, had to be effective. The validation from the strangers meant the world. Retweets mattered, sure, but they were only a byproduct. Twitter knew of Osama Bin Laden's execution before the world did. Before Instagram reels and YouTube shorts, Twitter was the real source of news. The wings of the Blue Bird may have been clipped, and the iconic name shelved. The 'X' we all know today is only two years old, when Elon Musk walked into the HQ with a sink and gave the app a new identity. The OG Twitter, however, turned 19 years old in July 2025. Founded by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams, the app has experienced several iterations over the past two decades. But what has stayed intact are the 'tweets" that defined the platform, and people have now gathered to share their favourite takes and interactions on the site to relive the good ol' days. Bird Is Born Twitter, founded on March 21, 2006, was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams as an internal project at Odeo, a podcasting company facing obsolescence after Apple iTunes embraced podcasts in 2005. Dorsey, an Odeo engineer, proposed a platform for users to share SMS-like messages, birthing Twttr, later renamed Twitter. The introduction of hashtags by Chris Messina in 2007 became a cornerstone of its real-time, global communication, uniting people from casual chatter to major events. Twitter's concise tweets, retweets, and hashtags reshaped how governments, brands, celebrities, and individuals connect, leaving a lasting cultural impact. Nostalgia Time Pop Base, celebrating Twitter's 19th birthday, asked netizens to share their favourite tweets. It was only a matter of time that the good folks delivered. We have put together our favourite responses: — Denis B. Huppert 🇫🇷 (@dennisbhooper) July 17, 2025 you just had to be there — babeganoush 🍉 (@lilGoody2shoes) July 17, 2025 😂 — westerosies (@westerosies) July 17, 2025 — Samuuu | ▲ (@miiyashei) July 18, 2025 I cannot think of this without going into hysterics — Aelfred The Great (@aelfred_D) July 17, 2025 Hashtags In August 2007, Twitter user Chris Messina introduced hashtags with #barcamp on August 23, a feature that gained popularity and was officially adopted by Twitter in 2008 to tag and group related posts. The hashtag symbol, originally used to label channels on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) in 1988, became a key tool for content discovery on the platform. This innovation transformed how users connect and engage with global conversations. X Users on X have no real restrictions on character limit. The modern version of Twitter has an integrated AI chatbot (Grok), also owned by Musk. Posts on X enable the users to earn revenue through engagement and subscriptions. One can even upload an entire movie on the platform if they had free will. The feature of community notes help readers call out fake news. view comments First Published: Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Mint
21 hours ago
- Business
- Mint
Jack Dorsey-led Block set to join S&P 500 index in new milestone, to replace Hess
Jack Dorsey's Block Inc. is set to join the S&P 500 index, a milestone that underscores the growing influence of digital payments and crypto in mainstream finance. The fintech firm will replace Hess Corp. in the benchmark, following Chevron Corp.'s $53 billion acquisition of the energy producer. The changes will go into effect prior to the start of trading on July 23, according to a press release from S&P Dow Jones Indices Friday. Shares of Block rose as much as 14% in after-hours trading. Block, formerly known as Square, has evolved from a payments processor into a broader fintech player, offering peer-to-peer transfers, merchant services, and increasingly, consumer lending. Earlier this year, Block's industrial bank subsidiary Square Financial Services Inc. received approval from the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to begin offering consumer loans directly through the Cash App Borrow product. The company is also integrating Bitcoin payment capabilities into its Square terminals, reflecting Dorsey's long-standing advocacy for Bitcoin. He remains an influential voice in the digital-asset world, recently sharing open-source coding projects on X. Block is aiming to turn Cash App into a full-scale banking and lending product, even as the company grapples with uneven earnings results. Inclusion in the US equity benchmark can elevate a company's profile and is becoming more important as passive investment funds grow. Expulsion from the benchmark can weigh on stock prices, as index funds sell shares to realign with the S&P 500's new composition.
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Business Standard
a day ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Jack Dorsey's Block to join S&P 500 index, replacing Hess after merger
Jack Dorsey's Block Inc. is set to join the S&P 500 index, a milestone that underscores the growing influence of digital payments and crypto in mainstream finance. The fintech firm will replace Hess Corp. in the benchmark, following Chevron Corp.'s $53 billion acquisition of the energy producer. The changes will go into effect prior to the start of trading on July 23, according to a press release from S&P Dow Jones Indices Friday. Shares of Block rose as much as 14 per cent in after-hours trading. Block, formerly known as Square, has evolved from a payments processor into a broader fintech player, offering peer-to-peer transfers, merchant services, and increasingly, consumer lending. Earlier this year, Block's industrial bank subsidiary Square Financial Services Inc. received approval from the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to begin offering consumer loans directly through the Cash App Borrow product. The company is also integrating Bitcoin payment capabilities into its Square terminals, reflecting Dorsey's long-standing advocacy for Bitcoin. He remains an influential voice in the digital-asset world, recently sharing open-source coding projects on X. Block is aiming to turn Cash App into a full-scale banking and lending product, even as the company grapples with uneven earnings results. Inclusion in the US equity benchmark can elevate a company's profile and is becoming more important as passive investment funds grow. Expulsion from the benchmark can weigh on stock prices, as index funds sell shares to realign with the S&P 500's new composition.
Bloomberg
a day ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Jack Dorsey's Block to Join S&P 500 Index, Replacing Hess
Fintech company Block Inc. will be joining the S&P 500 index, according to a press release from S&P Dow Jones Indices Friday. The Jack Dorsey-founded company will replace Hess Corp. in the index, following Chevron Corp. 's $53 billion deal to buy the energy company. The changes will go into effect prior to the start of trading on July 23.
The Verge
3 days ago
- Business
- The Verge
Jack Dorsey says the process of purchasing Twitter was a ‘disaster' for Elon Musk.
Posted Jul 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM UTC Jack Dorsey says the process of purchasing Twitter was a 'disaster' for Elon Musk. And for Twitter, too, he says in a new podcast with Rabble (aka Evan Henshaw-Plath), who hired Dorsey at Odeo. The specific part starts a little after 28 minutes. Dorsey has also invested $10 million in a group Rabble is a part of called 'and Other Stuff,' according to TechCrunch . The group is working on 'a common vision for the development of Nostr infrastructure and products.'
