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Twitter may sound like a weird sounding name, but earlier suggestions of the company were more worse sounding. During a research for a new book about the site, Nick Bilton unearthed the early name and logo ideas. Seriously, thank goodness they settled on Twitter.
Bilton says that the founders of Twitter bounced around a lot of ideas. Biz Stone also created some logos. And they were super ugly.
Then there's co-founder Noah Glass's effort below. What the hell is that? Looks like Ghostbusters' Slimer!
Needless to say, it was shelved in favour of Linda Gavin's rather more memorable blue logo.
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Before hitting on Twitter, the team tried Twitch, Smssy and Friendstalker. [
Nick Bilton]