On the 50th episode of Zemach FM, we take a look at the history and the current state of Twitter. We see how a company that started as a podcasting app pivoted into a state of the art social media. We also see what implementations the company is currently working on.

Episode Timeline

03:55 Episode title introduction

06:20 What was the first product of Twitter?

08:00 How was the process of pivoting into a social media.

08:50 The first version of Twitter using an SMS interface.

10:15 Who was the first CEO of Twitter.

12:42 The second CEO of Twitter, Evan Williams.

13:20 Evan William’s buy-out.

15:20 The rapid growth of Twitter

17:45 The requirement of account verification.

19:00 The source of controversy in the company

21:00 A reminder of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet NFT

23:20 Some statistics from Twitter.

26:22 Some products and features of Twitter.

28:22 The Twitter Deck dashboard.

30:15 Twitter spaces

35:30 The reason behind no edit button and character limits in Twitter.

37:50 Some facts about Twitter

42:45 Twitter’s biggest hack.

48:45 The Twitter community in Ethiopia.

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Henok Tsegaye Twitter Instagram LinkedIn

Abdulhadmid Oumer Twitter Instagram linkedIn

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