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X (formerly Twitter)
                 X was launched in the year 2006 under the name Twitter as a social networking and microblogging
                 site. It was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. It was released by
                 an American company Odeo. It is designed for sharing short updates and messages. These messages
                 are called posts. The posts are limited to 280 characters only. In X, you follow people or organisations
                 which share similar academic and personal interests. You can create your own X feeds. You can also
                 repost the posts created by others. If a post is liked by a lot of people across the globe and it gets many
                 likes, shares, and comments, it is said be have gone Viral. Posts can be anything-pictures, links, GIFs,
                 or videos. By default, the posts are public on X. This means that anyone can view the post.

                 Creating Account on X

                 Follow the below steps to register with X:

                 Step 1:  Open the X.com website on your browser.
                 Step 2:   Click  on the  Create  Account  button.  The  Create  your
                         account popup  box  appears.  Enter  your  Name,  Phone
                         number or e-mail address and Date of birth.

                 Step 3:    Click on the Next button after reviewing the details that you
                         have entered.
                 Step 4:    Click on the Sign up button.
                 Step 5:    Enter the verification code received either on your phone or
                         email address, which you have entered. Click on the Next
                         button.

                 Step 6:    Enter a password for your account. Remember a password
                         should be minimum  8 characters long. It should be a
                         combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers,
                         and some special characters.                                        Creating an account
                 Step 7:    Upload a profile picture from your device or you can skip this step by clicking on Skip for now
                         button.
                 Step 8:    Write something about yourself in brief in Describe yourself pop-up box. You can skip this
                         step also.

                 Step 9:    Select  the  languages  you  speak  and  mention  your  interests  by  selecting  the  respective
                         checkboxes and options available on the screen. Click on the Next button
                 Step 10:   Now, you can select from the suggestions to follow people or organisations on X. You can
                         follow your favourite sports persons, actors, scientists, researchers, etc.
                 Step 11:   Click on Allow notifications, if you want to get notified when these people post any updates.

                 Step 12:   The X homepage will open.
                 Step 13:   Click on the Post button to start sharing the post. You can also leave comments or send a
                         heart to like other people's posts.






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