#tweetup

[eskkapo]

Tweeting to Tweetup

[robpegoraro]

Whither Twitter

Twitter has occupied an embarrassingly large part of my online existence since the spring of 2008–a span of years that somehow exceeds my active tenure on Usenet. But the past two weeks of Twitter leave me a lot less certain about how much time I will or should spend on that service. I did not have high expectations in April when Elon Musk–who, never forget, already has two full-time jobs at…

[tiny-buzz]

Nice dinner party. Great ambiance, jazz trio, gorgeous women and powerful men. But, let me ask you this, person to person, as we sit down to sup . . .

Was this delightful capellini finished with "Brand X" clam oil?

Because, friend, if you cheaped out on the clam oil, then buddy, you're missing the point

Thankfully, I brought a flask of my own. Top shelf, the best there's ever been.

Regis Philbin's very own REGIS PHILBIN'S AUTHENTIC ITALIAN CLAM OIL. And before you interrupt me to ask, yes, friend: it's "Italian-style." Frankly, I wouldn't have it any other way. Take a sip, and let's pass it around the table.

See, Regis Philbin was content with life. He was a man of influence, power. He alone decided who lived and who died within a beautiful system of machinery. His body glistened in the Santa Monica sunrise. But, like all men do, he sought something greater.

A few phone calls later, and Regis was talking to the Pope, his Holiness.

"Pope, listen," Regis said, with candor and excitement. "We're gonna shake up the stodgy clam oil market. We're gonna take it back to the way things used to be, Papa."

"Holy moly," said the Pontiff, saluting everything Regis was running up the flag pole.

A few months later, the finished product was unveiled to a municipal gymnasium of earthquake survivors. "The rich velvet of the clam stands in playful contrast to everything I THOUGHT I knew about Italian-Style Italian Clam Oil!" said a grieving mother who just hours prior had lost her only Nintendo.

So, listen, friend: next time you hold a little get-together? A little congregation? A little State dinner? A little shindig? A little Tweetup? A little funeral? A little fistfight? A little soiree? A little cult orgy? A little board game night? A little solstice? Make sure not to humiliate yourself, and spring for the bottle made by Regis, endorsed by the Church, and individually kissed by Madam Wolverine herself.

Now let's all raise a bucket of the good stuff (clam oil) and cheers our imperfect host as we celebrate Regis Weekend being extended through and including the day of Tuesday, October 17, 2023.

[fuiru]

I remember that, at its peak, my carefully curated niche little corner of Tumblr used to feel like a bunch of amazing, lovely, talented weirdos sharing their triumphs and despairs with each other in between the Five Things Fridays and the GPOYWs, to a chorus of understanding and support from strangers and that one guy you played darts with that one time at the Toronto Tweetup.

I miss so much of the community that went away on here, but I feel that recently - I dunno why - some of that has come back, and I want to say that I really appreciate everyone who is still here and sharing their daily joys and frustrations, their victories and disasters, to this ragtag bunch of stragglers.

Not sure where I’m going with this, but if you’re reading this and I’ve seen you in my feed recently, I guess I’m saying thanks.

[kaiyves-backup]

One of the things that stands out re-reading Into the Cosmos is the very positive portrayal of social media. I was writing in 2010 at the height of the Space Tweeps movement, so there may have been actual Twitter conversations I had seen from that group that were this polite and respectful. (Even though these are described in-story as “selected” conversations, meaning off-topic or rude replies may not be included.) I didn’t use Twitter myself, so I was probably mostly seeing curated screenshots from NASA TweetUps and news stories.

These conversations also accidentally lead to the discovery of a supervillain plot and end up saving the lives of seven astronauts.

[bradloncar]

A couple of events that I’m involved with at #JPM23 this year.

1. The annual Tweetup is moving to Tuesday. Daphne Zohar and I will be hosting. It’s for everybody and we hope to see you there.

2. On Wednesday, I’ll be moderating an event that’s being hosted by the Italian Trade Agency. We’ll be talking global innovation, and of course there will be great Italian food and wine there.

[tcmparty]

@tcmparty live tweet schedule for the week beginning Monday, November 29, 2021. Look for us on Twitter…watch and tweet along…remember to add #TCMParty to your tweets so everyone can find them :) All times are Eastern.

Friday, December 03 at 6:00 p.m. THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946) Years after a murder drives them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.

[terrinakamura]

This is a #flashbackfriday❤️ to #2016. In November 2016, @lorimcneeartist and I shared a suite at the W Hotel in LA 🏨 while we attended a Twitter #140conf hosted by @jeffkenipulver. Lori, 🎨@adamleipzig 🎬 and I 📝 formed a panel to discuss brand building for creatives. It was a rare chance to meet social media friends and hear TEDx-style talks 💬 and panel discussions. 🎤 Adam had to cancel, but it didn’t stop the three of us from meeting up one evening. Adam works in the film industry, 🎭 and had produced a documentary called A Plastic Ocean. 🎞️ I hadn’t seen it, but I watched it when I got back to Seattle and have to say it really affected me. Have you seen it? 🌊Five years later I still think about it! In fact, I began buying more aluminum containers ♻️ instead of plastic bottles, but tonight, as I cut away the plastic film enclosing a case of LaCroix, I realized even when you think you’re doing something good there are built-in problems. 🙄 Despite what we’re told, #1 and #2 plastic bottles and jugs meet the standard for plastic recycling 🤔 and the rest will likely end up in a landfill, the incinerator 🔥 or add to the 150 metric tons of plastic currently polluting our oceans. 🐋🐢🐟 What to do? Have you changed any of your habits to help the environment? 🌎🌍🌏 . . . . The week has been a blur. I’m wrapping up the final two weeks of editing my book. 📑Thank you Lori, @carolstephen @mattcarracino @monicajvila @jackandpele @Alkisurfshop @kylecbarber @timhughes1 @steveakinsseo and others who have read or offered to Beta read chapters. 👓 You’re helping make my book better! 📕 And belated happy birthday wishes to Lori! 🥳🎁🎉🎈 . PHOTOS: Terri and Calvin; Adam, Lori & me; Liz Strauss (#RIP) speaking at the #140conf @crestwestwood #LA;  the #supermoon November 14, 2016 🌕@wlosangeles. #meetups #tweetup #socialmediaexperts #socialmedialife #firsttimeauthor (PS: @Mrron9 I looked for a photo of us and couldn’t find one!) (at W Hotel Westwood) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQSqZmbsVmj/?utm_medium=tumblr

[srdill]

After 12 years of talking only through social media (mostly Twitter), I had an opportunity to meet Calvin Lee, the man behind @mayhemstudios. We had a wonderful visit, recounting the halcyon years as an influencer. The parties, the products, and the swag. I can’t wait to watch what this man does with his next 50 years! . . . #history #socialmedia #influencer #friends #meetup #tweetup #losangeles #california (at Octopus Glendale) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWUq667raKH/?utm_medium=tumblr

[horax]

Zwei Jahre "horax on Twitter"

Am 6.12.2007 traf man sich zur Weihnachtsfeier irgendwo im tieferen Kreuzberg. Einige Zeit nach dem Essen, die Gesellschaft befand sich, durch das opulente Mahl bedingt, größtenteils in einem Stadium heiterer Gelassenheit, zog @matejunkie sein Device, öffnete den Browser und tippte irgendetwas ein. Ein Teil der Festgesellschaft war elektrisiert, andere Devices wurden gezückt, Seiten geöffnet und…

[arraynow]

TODAY @ 12p PT / 3p ET: #Tweetup w/ our ARRAY Mavericks + @c.fitz_ director of ARRAY's 18th release @jewelscatchonedocumentary! Join the convo by Tweeting you questions using #MavChat + @CFitz_! Tweet ya soon! #qanda #newrelease #comingsoon #film #filmmaker

[naturetechfam]

We've been chatting with these folks (and many more) on Twitter #parkchat every Weds night for about 5 years now. We finally got to put real names to faces at our inaugural meetup at Martin Van Buren National Historic Site in #newyork today! #FindYourPark #NationalParks #tweetup #travel #instatravel #roadtrip #naturetechfam #nationalparkfamily (at Martin Van Buren National Historic Site) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzTuv2wBKAm/?igshid=gqs3i85jmc37

[brndout35]

Thank you Just won 4 300 Level tickets @poconoraceway #tweetup #poconostyle #poconostyle #pocono400 (at Pocono Raceway Campground) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByNZZMMBnWN/?igshid=15rcpqrn9mmzd

[houseplantguru]

On our way into the show! #nwfgs . . #gardenshow #tweetup https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJlURuFDAj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qoaeih4gu664

[cbdbillionaire-blog]

#ItsNotAprilFoolsThatHempCANSaveThePlanet #tweetup & @regrann with @cannetradio @melissabalin & #CBDBillionaire @afro_allflowsreachout #CoastToCoast 2 #PhytoremediateFukushima @jackhererhemp

[tweetcando]

twitter likes should we know?

Twitter's origins lie in a "daylong brainstorming session" held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo. Jack Dorsey, then an undergraduate student at New York University, introduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group.[25][26] The original project code name for the service was twttr, an idea that Williams later ascribed to Noah Glass,[27] inspired by Flickr and the five-character length of American SMS short codes. The decision was also partly due to the fact that the domain twitter.com was already in use, and it was six months after the launch of twttr that the crew purchased the domain and changed the name of the service to Twitter.[28] The developers initially considered "10958" as a short code, but later changed it to "40404" for "ease of use and memorability".[29] Work on the project started on March 21, 2006, when Dorsey published the first Twitter message at 9:50 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST): "just setting up my twttr".[4] Dorsey has explained the origin of the "Twitter" title:

s Angeles Lakers' victory in the 2010 NBA Finals on June 17,[48] and then again at the close of Japan's victory over Denmark in the World Cup when users published 3,283 tweets per second.[49] The record was set again during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final between Japan and the United States, when 7,196 tweets per second were published.[50] When American singer Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, Twitter servers crashed after users were updating their status to include the words "Michael Jackson" at a rate of 100,000 tweets per hour.[51] The current record as of August 3, 2013 was set in Japan, with 143,199 tweets per second during a television screening of the movie Castle in the Sky[52] (beating the previous record of 33,388, also set by Japan for the television screening of the same movie).[53]

Twitter acquired application developer Atebits on April 11, 2010. Atebits had developed the Apple Design Award-winning Twitter client Tweetie for the Mac and iPhone. The application, now called "Twitter" and distributed free of charge, is the official Twitter client for the iPhone, iPad and Mac.[54]

From September through October 2010, the company began rolling out "New Twitter", an entirely revamped edition of twitter.com. Changes included the ability to see pictures and videos without leaving Twitter itself by clicking on individual tweets which contain links to images and clips from a variety of supported websites including YouTube and Flickr, and a complete overhaul of the interface, which shifted links such as '@mentions' and 'Retweets' above the Twitter stream, while 'Messages' and 'Log Out' became accessible via a black bar at the very top of twitter.com. As of November 1, 2010, the company confirmed that the "New Twitter experience" had been rolled out to all users. In 2019, Twitter was announced to be the 10th most downloaded mobile app of the decade, from 2010 to 2019.[55]

2011–2014 On April 5, 2011, Twitter tested a new homepage and phased out the "Old Twitter".[56] However, a glitch came about after the page was launched, so the previous "retro" homepage was still in use until the issues were resolved; the new homepage was reintroduced on April 20.[57][58] On December 8, 2011, Twitter overhauled its website once more to feature the "Fly" design, which the service says is easier for new users to follow and promotes advertising. In addition to the Home tab, the Connect and Discover tabs were introduced along with a redesigned profile and timeline of Tweets. The site's layout has been compared to that of Facebook.[59][60] On February 21, 2012, it was announced that Twitter and Yandex agreed to a partnership. Yandex, a Russian search engine, finds value within the partnership due to Twitter's real time news feeds. Twitter's director of business development explained that it is important to have Twitter content where Twitter users go.[61] On March 21, 2012, Twitter celebrated its sixth birthday while also announcing that it had 140 million users and 340 million tweets per day. The number of users was up 40% from their September 2011 number, which was said to have been at 100 million at the time.[62]

In April 2012, Twitter announced that it was opening an office in Detroit, with the aim of working with automotive brands and advertising agencies.[63] Twitter also expanded its office in Dublin.[64] On June 5, 2012, a modified logo was unveiled through the company blog, removing the text to showcase the slightly redesigned bird as the sole symbol of Twitter.[65][66] On October 5, 2012, Twitter acquired a video clip company called Vine that launched in January 2013.[67][68] Twitter released Vine as a standalone app that allows users to create and share six-second looping video clips on January 24, 2013. Vine videos shared on Twitter are visible directly in users' Twitter feeds.[69] Due to an influx of inappropriate content, it is now rated 17+ in Apple's[needs update][70] app store.[71] On December 18, 2012, Twitter announced it had surpassed 200 million monthly active users. Twitter hit 100 million monthly active users in September 2011.[72]

On January 28, 2013, Twitter acquired Crashlytics in order to build out its mobile developer products.[73]

On April 18, 2013, Twitter launched a music app called Twitter Music for the iPhone.[74] On August 28, 2013, Twitter acquired Trendrr,[75] followed by the acquisition of MoPub on September 9, 2013.[76] As of September 2013, the company's data showed that 200 million users sent over 400 million tweets daily, with nearly 60% of tweets sent from mobile devices.[77] On June 4, 2014, Twitter announced that it would acquire Namo Media, a technology firm specializing in "native advertising" for mobile devices.[78] On June 19, 2014, Twitter announced that it had reached an undisclosed deal to buy SnappyTV, a service that helps edit and share video from television broadcasts.[79][80] The company was helping broadcasters and rights holders to share video content bo

...we came across the word 'twitter', and it was just perfect. The definition was 'a short burst of inconsequential information,' and 'chirps from birds'. And that's exactly what the product was.[30]

The first Twitter prototype, developed by Dorsey and contractor Florian Weber, was used as an internal service for Odeo employees.[31] The full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006.[13] In October 2006, Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Dorsey, and other members of Odeo formed Obvious Corporation and acquired Odeo, together with its assets — including Odeo.com and Twitter.com — from the investors and shareholders.[32] Williams fired Glass, who was silent about his part in Twitter's startup until 2011.[33] Twitter spun off into its own company in April 2007.[34] Williams provided insight into the ambiguity that defined this early period in a 2013 interview:

With Twitter, it wasn't clear what it was. They called it a social network, they called it microblogging, but it was hard to define, because it didn't replace anything. There was this path of discovery with something like that, where over time you figure out what it is. Twitter actually changed from what we thought it was in the beginning, which we described as status updates and a social utility. It is that, in part, but the insight we eventually came to was Twitter was really more of an information network than it is a social network.[35]

The tipping point for Twitter's popularity was the 2007 South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference. During the event, Twitter usage increased from 20,000 tweets per day to 60,000.[36][37] "The Twitter people cleverly placed two 60-inch plasma screens in the conference hallways, exclusively streaming Twitter messages," remarked Newsweek's Steven Levy. "Hundreds of conference-goers kept tabs on each other via constant twitters. Panelists and speakers mentioned the service, and the bloggers in attendance touted it."[38] Reaction at the conference was highly positive. Blogger Scott Beale said that Twitter was "absolutely ruling" SXSWi. Social software researcher danah boyd said Twitter was "owning" the conference.[39] Twitter staff received the festival's Web Award prize with the remark "we'd like to thank you in 140 characters or less. And we just did!"[40]

The first unassisted off-Earth Twitter message was posted from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut T. J. Creamer on January 22, 2010.[41] By late November 2010, an average of a dozen updates per day were posted on the astronauts' communal account, @NASA_Astronauts. NASA has also hosted over 25 "tweetups", events that provide guests with VIP access to NASA facilities and speakers with the goal of leveraging participants' social networks to further the outreach goals of NASA. In August 2010, the company appointed Adam Bain from News Corp.'s Fox Audience Network as president of revenue.[42]

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2007–2010 The company experienced rapid initial growth. It had 400,000 tweets posted per quarter in 2007. This grew to 100 million tweets posted per quarter in 2008. In February 2010, Twitter users were sending 50 million tweets per day.[43] By March 2010, the company recorded over 70,000 registered applications.[44] As of June 2010, about 65 million tweets were posted each day, equaling about 750 tweets sent each second, according to Twitter.[45] As of March 2011, that was about 140 million tweets posted daily.[46] As noted on Compete.com, Twitter moved up to the third-highest-ranking social networking site in January 2009 from its previous rank of twenty-second.[47]

Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, in 2009 Twitter's usage spikes during prominent events. For example, a record was set during the 2010 FIFA World Cup when fans wrote 2,940 tweets per second in the thirty-second period after Japan scored against Cameroon on June 14. The record was broken again when 3,085 tweets per second were posted after the Lo