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Section size for Twitter (65 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	17,321	17,321
History	59	22,489
2006–2021	22,219	22,219
2022–present	211	211
Appearance and features	169	62,802
Tweets	21,528	21,528
Multimedia content	8,397	8,397
Trending topics	2,297	2,297
Lists	2,088	2,088
Moments	1,789	1,789
Algorithm	2,557	2,557
Mobile	1,622	1,622
X Premium (formerly Twitter Blue)	3,051	14,090
Verification of paid accounts	11,039	11,039
User monetization	5,292	5,292
E-commerce	2,973	2,973
Usage	3,139	17,296
Demographics	7,017	7,017
Content	2,740	2,740
Levels of use	3,428	3,428
User engagement	972	972
Branding	7,295	7,295
Logo evolution	184	184
Finances	15	11,044
Revenue sources	5,151	5,151
Advertising bans	4,621	4,621
Fines	1,257	1,257
Technology	17	39,595
Implementation	5,867	5,867
API and developer platform	8,179	8,179
Innovator's patent agreement	743	743
Open source	4,484	4,484
Interface	8,270	8,270
Security	8,008	8,008
Outages	4,027	4,027
User accounts	20	46,379
Verified accounts	8,731	8,731
Privacy	14,872	14,872
Harassment	8,247	8,247
Suspect and contested accounts	8,323	8,323
Malicious and fake accounts	3,744	3,744
Bot accounts	2,442	2,442
Society	14	58,273
Usage	802	14,628
Protesters	2,946	2,946
Governments	5,676	5,676
Pornographic content	1,836	1,836
Child sexual exploitation	3,368	3,368
Impact	52	13,983
Emergency use	2,487	2,487
Education	4,517	4,517
Public figures	4,205	4,205
World leaders	2,722	2,722
Censorship and moderation	6,852	13,067
Moderation of tweets	6,215	6,215
Community Notes	9,628	9,628
Court cases, lawsuits, and adjudication	6,953	6,953
Statistics	17	8,740
User accounts with large follower base	2,708	2,708
Record tweets	6,015	6,015
See also	126	126
Notes	31	31
References	352	352
Further reading	1,233	1,233
External links	1,259	1,259
Total	294,419	294,419

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July 19, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
September 1, 2009	Good article reassessment	Kept
June 13, 2010	Good article reassessment	Kept
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Dorsey's Resignation

Why is it that this article does not mention anything about Dorsey's resignation as CEO and from the board?--Cube b3 (talk) 03:38, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Home page image

Hello, the image used at the start of the article of twitter’s home page is inaccurate (as of the 22nd of December, 2022 in England).

The new homepage shows a ‘for you’ page. 209.93.228.189 (talk) 16:37, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, I am in the UK and as of a few minutes ago this was my non logged in home page. Whether this is true in other countries is harder to say, but if this is commonplace the infobox image may need updating.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 19:05, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is in the news, but as we've already seen here, some people have had the "for you" tab for a while. As the Mashable article says, this is pretty much copying the idea of the "for you" link found on TikTok.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 18:27, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New checkmark should be noted.

New checkmark seems to be yellow for news agencies. don't know when it was launched. please update, thanks. MarioFan324234 (talk) 16:10, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy Topic

Shouldn’t there be Controversy topic that explains Twitter’s left leaning bias under Jack Dorsey or maybe mentioned in the first few paragraphs? I’ve noticed Wiki has these sections on other pages. WhowinsIwins (talk) 05:15, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion of a recent outage

This paragraph in the History section drew my attention: On February 8, 2023, Twitter users widely reported on various social media platforms that they were receiving error messages on Twitter such as "The content of your Tweet is invalid" or "You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets.” Twitter has not communicated the reasons why this outage occurred, but some believe the issue was caused by an engineer “unintentionally deleting data related to rate limiting”.

It doesn't seem notable enough to be included, as it's a short-lived technical issue that didn't cause any notable consequences. Devoting a paragraph to it feels a bit excessive, though I wouldn't go as far as shouting WP:Recentism. Still, its importance doesn't seem too great and I'd argue it could be removed or at least pared down substantially. Any opposition? ASpacemanFalls (talk) 14:52, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]