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What Twitter Looked Like When It Was Born (Screenshot, History)

Twitter, then known as twttr, was born just over 5 years ago – but in Twitter-time that’s ancient history. What did it look like when it launched? I’d never seen a screenshot of the original Twttr home page until old school megablogger Jason Kottke posted one tonight, along with links to a few other oldies.

As you can see below, Twitter didn’t have a hard time explaining itself at first. “If you have a cell and you can txt,” the home page said, “you’ll never be bored again…E V E R!” I guess when you’ve raised mountain upon mountain of venture capital and changed the world in multiple major ways, you’ve got to take yourself more seriously than that. (?) None the less, I like this old version of Twitter!

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Look out, little Twttr, the President of the United States, Ashton Kutcher and these ladies you’ll learn about in the future called The Kardashians are coming! From dorky simplicity has sprung unfathomable magic and banality.

Just five years, people! Amazing. Kottke’s own blog, if you’re not yet familiar with it, is almost 3X as old as Twitter and still a great read. You might even say that if you read it…you’ll never be bored again…EVER!

The ReadWriteWeb team and myself personally are on Twitter as well. If you follow us there, well – you might be bored less often, I’ll say that much 馃槈

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