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Among the many new and emerging digital communications platforms, Twitter has gained a foothold with a speed that has defied even the most sweeping expectations. Falling under the category of social media, Twitter launched in March 2006 by its developer, Jack Dorsey, a social network wunderkind, who, by age 14, was writing open source code. Twitter’s own “About Us” pages make it clear the company is focused on collaboration and describes itself as “An aggressively open company,” that encourages participation and relies on third-party developers to drive the platform forward.