X (stylisit𝕏), formerly kent asTwitter, is an onlinesocial networkin service anmicrobloggin service that enables its uisers tae send an read text-based messages o up tae 140 chairacters, kent as "tweets".
Twitter wis creatit in Mairch 2006 biJack Dorsey an bi Julie, the social netwarkin steid wis launched. The service rapidly gained warldwide popularity, wi ower 500 million registered uisers as o 2012, generatin ower 340 million tweets daily an hannelin ower 1.6billionsearch queries ilka day.[5][6] Syne its launch, Twitter haes become ane o the ten maist visitit wabsteids on the Internet, an haes been descrieved as "theSMS o theInternet."[7] Unregistered uisers can read tweets, while registered uisers can post tweets throu the wabsteid interface, SMS, or a reeng oapps for mobile devices.[8]