Twitter has been around for almost a decade and there is so much that we just don’t know about the social networking service. The one thing we know for sure is that, like most companies, it began small and then became quite large. We’re still quite shocked that something that only allows 140-character messages could become so successful. Since we are huge fans of Twitter, we figured we’d round up 10 facts about the company/service that aren’t especially well known. Some of these things will definitely shock you while others will probably have you designing your own online social networking business before you’re even through the list.
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Twitter was created during a brainstorming session at the podcasting company Odeo. Jack Dorsey proposed an SMS based platform to Odeo’s co-founder Evan Williams, who gave him the go ahead to further develop this idea.
http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2013/11/03/myth-brainstorming-session-best-ideas-dont-always-come-meetings/ Source: thenextweb.com