# The voices of Twitter users

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2009
- Speaker: Evan Williams
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/evan_williams_the_voices_of_twitter_users)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves.

## Lectures

1. [The voices of Twitter users](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/evan_williams_the_voices_of_twitter_users/e829b8c3e078), 8 min (TED's player)