What the Future Looks like as Twitter Turns 10

NEW YORK: Micro blogging website Twitter is set to mark its 10th anniversary on Monday. It's time to look back at important milestones achieved and what the future may look like for the platform, which has been documenting the world in 140 characters.

According to the micro blogging website, it now has more than 300 million active users -- far less when compared with Facebook's 1.5 billion users making it more popular, faster, and the choice of more marketers.

"But when you look at it, you never quite forget it's looking back, managing your feed, managing you, steering you to things and away from others," said Chicago Tribune in a recent article.

On the other hand, "Twitter, if you push the right buttons, gives you more of what you actually want, not what it and its business partners think it's best you see," it added.

No wonder then that Twitter attracts a significant number of politicians, scientists, journalists and celebrities, who use the platform to convey their thoughts in 140 characters with precision that "not everyone can achieve but everyone appreciates".

Recently, in an interview on NBC, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that while a number of changes are being planned for Twitter, its 140-character limit represents a beautiful constraint which helps deliver strong statements.

The short character limit for tweets is an element that gives Twitter a unique identity.

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