Twitter Founders Visit The View

Two of the Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams visited The View today to discuss the new Social Media phenomenon.

How did Twitter get started? The short version, according to Stone, is that when he and Williams left Google during the peak of it's growth, they met with Jack Dorsey, the third founder of Twitter. Dorsey, an engineer, came up with the idea after looking at the status updates of why people weren't able to answer their messages on instant messaging sites such as Aim. So the idea of letting people know what you are doing in 140 characters or less was born.

According to Stone, "Twitter is not a social network, it's an information network." It's the chance to receive information in real time.

The biggest discussion between Barbara and The View ladies was whether or not Twittering is a verb. "Officially it's twittering, not tweeting" said Stone.

Has Twitter made millions? Not yet. The company is only two years old, and according to Biz and Evan, there are a lot of changes to be made. They also put the rumor to rest that Twitter has no intentions of being bought out by Google, Apple, or Microsoft. It's not for sale!

"There's the need to recognize profit and value, and right now we're recognizing value," added Biz.

The "Whoopi Effect" was introduced this morning, as Twitter announced they will be creating special badges to verify owner's accounts after host Whoopi Goldberg complained of someone using her name to create an account.

Although millions of people are Twittering each day, one person who shows no interest, guest Judge Judy. When asked if she tweeted she replied, "I don't go near that machine!"

You don't know what your missing Judy!