Imagine a scenario where you have a paying job, but you spend your nights and weekends working on a side project. It's just something you put together with a few friends at work in your spare time.
Why Twitter Changed to X
Now imagine that you are five years into the future and see that your little side project has grown into one of the biggest communications technologies of the last 100 years. This is the history of X (formerly Twitter).
Twitter started as an idea that Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey (@Jack) had in 2006. Dorsey originally envisioned Twitter as a text-messaging-based communication platform. Groups of friends could keep track of what they were doing based on their status updates. Like texting, but different.
During a brainstorming session at podcast company Odeo, Dorsey pitched the SMS-based platform to Odeo co-founder Evan Williams (@Ev). Evan and his co-founder Biz Stone (@Biz) then gave Jack permission to spend more time on the project and develop it further.
