Twitter has more global awareness than most century old companies: Jack Dorsey

Saturday January 31, 2015 , 3 min Read

Twitter has had one of the most interesting journeys in this fast new dynamic digital world. Starting as Twttr, an idea that was an offshoot of Odeo, Twitter was an exploration in the unknown that has become a revolution. Over the past nine years, inspite of a lot of deterrents in various forms, Twitter has managed to wriggle its way up and is currently a publicly traded company with revenues of over $650 million and close to 300 million active users globally. One can write an ode to Twitter but Jack Dorsey, the co-creator of twitter launched into a Tweetstorm that talked about what Twitter has managed to achieve and it is certainly worth noting:

1/Is this thing on?— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

2/I have some things I'd like to say. To start…the tweetstorm!— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

3/The folks using Twitter daily created the @username, the #hashtag, and the retweet, all within the constraint of 140 characters.— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

4/The @, #, and RT have become cultural movements and have influenced every social and communications service since. Even offline.— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

5/The “tweetstorm” and #/tweet syntax is a (clever) way around the 140 character constraint. Once again created by people using the service!— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

6/I think it beautifully showcases Twitter's real strength: simple and engaging live conversation. From anywhere about anything!— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

7/A service that enables the people using it to create new cultural practices is a service that is evergreen. Twitter is that service.— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

8/And now, the team at Twitter. The team today is excellent in every way and is having a tangible positive impact on our pace and execution.— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

9/We saw that Tuesday with a string of amazing launches that are making Twitter even better: https://t.co/5XWnxpNmQN— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

10/As for @dickc, our cofounder @ev rightly pointed out there isn't a single person who has been thinking longer about Twitter than @dickc.— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

11/@dickc was one of our first angel investors, our advisor, our COO, the creator of our revenue engine, and our CEO who assembled the team.— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

12/And finally, the company. I don't know of many companies that also represent a movement. Twitter does.— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

13/Twitter has more global awareness than most century old companies, and yet the brand actually stands for something.— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

14/The Twitter bird has come to stand for empowerment and a positive force in civil society.— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

15/The company constantly shows this spirit in action, especially in policy. And it's built a great business to enable that to flourish!— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015

16/I think Twitter is the closest thing we have to a global consciousness. And I believe the world needs that right now.— Jack (@jack) January 29, 2015