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		crizzlenizzle on Sept 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jack Dorsey texts Elon Musk, March 26, 2022 > Twitter started as a protocol. Can someone help me understand that? When and how did it start as a protocol?

cammikebrown on Sept 30, 2022 [–]

He might have meant that the “idea” of Twitter was originally a protocol.

NateEag on Sept 30, 2022 | [–]

I don't have a source, but I have a nagging feeling that I once read that Twitter's original goal was to be a platform-independent away message.

If true, that's very much a protocol in intent, even if not in practice.

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