Twitter / X

Companiessocial-media

Microblogging platform with two distinct literatures: the founder wars of its first decade and the 2022 Musk takeover.

8 books · 2 people behind it

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  1. Hatching TwitterNick Bilton, 2013
  2. Character LimitKate Conger, Ryan Mac, 2024
  3. Extremely HardcoreZoë Schiffer, 2024

The people behind it 2

Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.

Journalists 2

WI
Walter Isaacson1 book here
BM
Ben Mezrich1 book here

Books 8

Hatching Twitter
T1 Hatching Twitter
Nick Bilton · 2013 · The founding and the serial CEO coups; the canonical early account.
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Alexis OhanianCasey NeistatRon ConwayTerrance McArthur
Elon Musk
T1 Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson · 2023 · Authorised biography covering the acquisition from the buyer's side.
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Andrew WilkinsonTerrance McArthur
Twitter and Tear Gas
T2 Twitter and Tear Gas
Zeynep Tufekci · 2017 · Why the platform mattered politically, and what that cost it.
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Character Limit
T2 Character Limit
Kate Conger, Ryan Mac · 2024 · Subtitled How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter; the fullest takeover account.
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Breaking Twitter
T3 Breaking Twitter
Ben Mezrich · 2023 · Fast narrative of the takeover and the layoffs.
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Battle for the Bird
T3 Battle for the Bird
Kurt Wagner · 2024 · Jack Dorsey's second tenure through the sale to Musk.
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Extremely Hardcore
T3 Extremely Hardcore
Zoë Schiffer · 2024 · The takeover told through the employees who lived through it.
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Twitter: A Biography
T4 Twitter: A Biography
Jean Burgess, Nancy K. Baym · 2020 · Scholarly account of the product and its user culture.
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