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Who created Twitter?

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Update: 2013-11-03 04:33:45
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DHAKA: The story of Twitter’s creation is a murky tale complete with betrayed trusts and duelling claims for credit.

Local lore, backed by Jack Dorsey, has it that he proposed the idea to fellow Twitter co-founders at a playground in San Francisco.

But journalist Nick Bilton, author of ‘Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship and Betrayal’, says the history is not quite that simple.

Dorsey was a key member of Twitter’s founders, but it was a collective effort, The New York Times journalist argues, reports The Straits Times.

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