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Five years ago this week, Jack Dorsey began engineering the platform we lovingly know as Twitter. On March 21, 2006, @jack aka Jack Dorsey sent the first Tweet. Today,Twitter releaseda set of numbers demonstrating its tremendous growth worldwide. We love Twitter here at The Next Web so we felt compelled to share: Facts include: The 💜 of EU tech The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art....

According to areport from Kara Swisher at AllThingsD, Twitter has lost a significant team member,Mike Abbot, VP of Engineering. Sources tell Swisher that Mike Abbott has decided to leave on his own, to do more investing in other companies. Abbott was given credit for thelack of Fail Whaleswe’ve been seeing as of late. The exit of Abbott isn’t something to be taken lightly, as it was widely thought that his presence would impact the reliability and future scaling of the Twitter platform....

Be aware if you are usingTwitterDirect Messages longer than 140 chars sent via “d username” onUberSocial for Blackberry/iPhone &Twidroydare currently visible publicly. via @safety: DMs longer than 140 chars sent via “d username” on UberSocial for Blackberry/iPhone & Twidroyd are currently visible publicly. The proper parties have been notified and a fix is in the works. The 💜 of EU tech The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art....

In 2017, Twitter paused its account verification process after a controversy involvinga white supremacist account. The company is now officially opening up a feature to apply for verification through a form. This comes aftera phase of feedbackand the introduction ofa new policy for verification last year. The social network will verify accounts belonging to six categories: government; companies, brands, and organizations; news organizations and journalists; entertainment; sports and gaming; activists, organizers, and other influential individuals....

It’s an annoying feeling that when you post a tweet and realize that you forgot to turn on reply filters. Currently, you either have to delete the tweet, or let reply guys and trolls have a field day. Twitter is fixing that behavior now by introducing an update to reply limitations: you can turn them on after tweeting. The company made this announcement through its safety account last night. Your Tweets = Your space....