This Year in Twitter: 9 Important Milestones

With tweets flying through cyberspace every second of the day, we're writing history with the touch of our fingertips. In 2012, Users documented events, political battles and heart-wrenching moments throughout the past year, and Twitter itself made history on a few occasions.

Here's a look back at the nine biggest Twitter milestones of 2012.

Twitter's Sixth Birthday

Single-digit birthdays are usually celebrated with cake, balloons and confetti, but on March 21, 2012, founder Jack Dorsey, recognized Twitter's six-year accomplishment with a tweet — what else would you expect?

It's 12:50. Happy 6th Birthday @twitter. From 1 tweet to over 1 billion every 3 days. I'm so proud of ou…
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