| Type | Social media platform |
| Users | |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founders | |
| Universe | Alternate timeline |
| Platforms | Website • Android app • iOS app • Twitter for Windows |
| Key features | Hashtags • Retweets • Direct messages • Trending topics |
| Place of origin | |
| Significant roles | Labor organizing and activism tool • Platform for virtual picket lines and strikes • Prominent role in irony communication |
| Core functionality | Posting short messages • News dissemination • Networking |
Twitter, in this alternate timeline, has evolved beyond its original purpose as a social media platform. While it still serves as a medium for individuals to share thoughts and ideas, its role has expanded significantly, encompassing labor activism, digital organizing, and contributing to the widespread use and misuse of irony.
Twitter was initially developed for similar purposes as in our universe, serving as a platform for individuals to express their thoughts and share news in real-time. However, in this alternate timeline, Twitter's role has expanded significantly due to various social, technological, and cultural factors.
Twitter has become a significant tool in addressing labor issues. It has facilitated digital organizing, with workers leveraging the platform to build connections, collective power, and solidarity. Virtual spaces like Second Life have been used for virtual picket lines and strikes, drawing international attention to labor disputes. Activists have also utilized Twitter to organize "culture jamming" campaigns that target multinational corporations, disrupting their operations both online and offline.
Twitter has also played a role in the widespread use and misuse of irony in this alternate timeline. Its popularity has led to the widespread application of irony, often resulting in confusion and ongoing debates about its true definition and appropriate use. #irony has become a common hashtag, used to describe various situations that may not fit the original definition of irony.
While Twitter's role in this alternate timeline is significantly different from its role in our universe, its core functionality and purpose remain similar. It is still a platform for sharing ideas and connecting with others, albeit with expanded roles in labor activism and influencing forms of communication like irony.
