🐣 Today is 21 March 2026, which marks the 20th anniversary of the first ever tweet being sent – the soft launch of what became , before Elon Musk destroyed it. To reflect on the occasion, those nice folks at @GESIS@sciences.social interviewed me the other day:

https://blog.gesis.org/interview-with-prof-axel-bruns-the-anniversary-of-twitter-x-marks-a-bittersweet-moment-in-social-media-history/