section_path: History
section_name: History
paragraph_text: History
  
  just setting up my twttr
  
  The first tweet, made by Jack Dorsey, was made on March 21, 2006. It has the Snowflake ID of 20.
  
  The Iconfactory was developing a Twitter application in 2006 called "Twitterrific" and developer Craig Hockenberry began a search for a shorter way to refer to "Post a Twitter Update." In 2007 they began using "twit" before Twitter developer Blaine Cook suggested that "tweet" be used instead.
  
  "Tweet" was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2011 and to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2012. Both its use as a verb and noun were added. This was notable as the Oxford English Dictionary normally waits ten years after the coining of a word to add it to the dictionary.
  
  In 2023, the terms "tweet" and "retweet" were quietly retired in favor of the terms "post" and "repost", as a part of Twitter's rebrand to X, but many users continue to use the former terms on the platform.