From Odeo to Elon Musk: A Look at the Incredible History of Twitter

Scaling the “Fail Whale”

Believe it or not, Twitter wasn’t always the social media powerhouse that it is today. In fact, it started as a simple side project of a podcasting company called Odeo back in 2006.

Co-founder Jack Dorsey had a vision for a platform that would allow people to share short messages, or “tweets,” with the world in real time.

History in the making.