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| Twitter's sixth birthday: first tweets by the tweeters you know best | Twitter's sixth birthday: first tweets by the tweeters you know best |
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| Six years ago today, the world was sent its first tweet. With just two words – and far shorter than the 140 character limit – Twitter founder Jack Dorsey was the first human to publicly tackle the microblogging platform's big question: "What are you doing?" His answer: | Six years ago today, the world was sent its first tweet. With just two words – and far shorter than the 140 character limit – Twitter founder Jack Dorsey was the first human to publicly tackle the microblogging platform's big question: "What are you doing?" His answer: |
| inviting coworkers | inviting coworkers |
| Pretty practical for a groundbreaking moment in web history. | Pretty practical for a groundbreaking moment in web history. |
| So what were you were doing the first time you entered the Twittersphere? | So what were you were doing the first time you entered the Twittersphere? |
| If you can't recall, check out My First Tweet or Tweet#1 to jog your memory. Tweet us your first words using the hashtag #myfirsttweet and we'll retweet our favorites. | If you can't recall, check out My First Tweet or Tweet#1 to jog your memory. Tweet us your first words using the hashtag #myfirsttweet and we'll retweet our favorites. |
| Feeling shy? Don't! Here are a few examples of notorious newborn tweets to get your # flowing: | Feeling shy? Don't! Here are a few examples of notorious newborn tweets to get your # flowing: |
| Barack Obama, with more than 13 million followers, the president is far and away the most popular politician on Twitter: | Barack Obama, with more than 13 million followers, the president is far and away the most popular politician on Twitter: |
| Thinking we're only one signature away from ending the war in Iraq. Learn more at http://www.barackobama.com | Thinking we're only one signature away from ending the war in Iraq. Learn more at http://www.barackobama.com |
| Lady Gaga, Twitter monster that she is, is the first person to boast more than 20 million followers: | Lady Gaga, Twitter monster that she is, is the first person to boast more than 20 million followers: |
| op rehearsing for my video just dance and am now at wmc to perform at the Armani and nervous records party. But I am no nervous record!... | op rehearsing for my video just dance and am now at wmc to perform at the Armani and nervous records party. But I am no nervous record!... |
| Celebrity chef Paula Deen would become an internet meme in her own right, but on Twitter she controls her own message: | Celebrity chef Paula Deen would become an internet meme in her own right, but on Twitter she controls her own message: |
| Hey Y'all, getting ready to cut the ribbon on my new buffet in Tunica | Hey Y'all, getting ready to cut the ribbon on my new buffet in Tunica |
| Oprah Winfrey says "you get a tweet and you get a tweet and you get a tweet!" Not really, but this was her first one: | Oprah Winfrey says "you get a tweet and you get a tweet and you get a tweet!" Not really, but this was her first one: |
| HI TWITTERS . THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY . | HI TWITTERS . THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY . |
| Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's first tweet is rather ironically heartbreaking given the medium (and his misuse of it) is what woud ultimately lead to his downfall: | Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's first tweet is rather ironically heartbreaking given the medium (and his misuse of it) is what woud ultimately lead to his downfall: |
| i have a follower! | i have a follower! |
| Rap mogul and self-styled style icon Kanye West has proven a master of the koan-like tweet: | Rap mogul and self-styled style icon Kanye West has proven a master of the koan-like tweet: |
| Up early in the morning taking meetings in Silicone Valley | Up early in the morning taking meetings in Silicone Valley |
| In a chronological list of first-ever tweets, this is guaranteed to be the only time you'll find Gloria Steinem wedged between Kanye and Charlie Sheen: | In a chronological list of first-ever tweets, this is guaranteed to be the only time you'll find Gloria Steinem wedged between Kanye and Charlie Sheen: |
| Stayed up last night to finish reading 400 pages of -- & write about - new Shriver Report. See what you think. http://tinyurl.com/yjo3vec | Stayed up last night to finish reading 400 pages of -- & write about - new Shriver Report. See what you think. http://tinyurl.com/yjo3vec |
| Actor Charlie Sheen's very public flame-out last year netted him more than a million followers in a single day when he joined and introduced the following hashtag: | Actor Charlie Sheen's very public flame-out last year netted him more than a million followers in a single day when he joined and introduced the following hashtag: |
| Winning..!Choose your Vice...#winning#chooseyourvice http://twitpic.com/455ly9 | Winning..!Choose your Vice...#winning#chooseyourvice http://twitpic.com/455ly9 |
| Pope Benedict XVI, a pious tweeter if ever there was one: | Pope Benedict XVI, a pious tweeter if ever there was one: |
| Dear Friends, I just launched News.va Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI | Dear Friends, I just launched News.va Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI |
| Dr Ruth Westheimer is an excellent follow – she tweets timeless sex tips and famously tried to crowdsource what a sexual position named after Jeremy Lin might look like: | Dr Ruth Westheimer is an excellent follow – she tweets timeless sex tips and famously tried to crowdsource what a sexual position named after Jeremy Lin might look like: |
| And please people, don't do anything silly like going outside during hurricane to have sex. Tell u're friends you did it, but don't do it. | And please people, don't do anything silly like going outside during hurricane to have sex. Tell u're friends you did it, but don't do it. |
| Samuel L Jackson's might be the best first tweet of all time (with Danny Devito's running a close second): | Samuel L Jackson's might be the best first tweet of all time (with Danny Devito's running a close second): |
| Can-a muh fukkasay fuck on here? | Can-a muh fukkasay fuck on here? |
| Rupert Murdoch is a late-comer to the medium, and his odd initial tweets raised suspcions that it might be a phony account: | Rupert Murdoch is a late-comer to the medium, and his odd initial tweets raised suspcions that it might be a phony account: |
| Have just. Read The Rational Optimist. Great book. | Have just. Read The Rational Optimist. Great book. |
| What were your first 140 characters? Tweet them at us with #myfirsttweet and we'll RT our favorites. | What were your first 140 characters? Tweet them at us with #myfirsttweet and we'll RT our favorites. |
| Here are some of your #myfirsttweet posts from today | |
| From Slate editor, Jeremy Stahl: | |
| RT @JeremyStahl: First tweet ever. Better be good, or I might lose any number of my four followers... // #myfirsttweet myfirsttweet.com | |
| Rola Kersha didn't have to look back, she tweeted for the first time today: | |
| Those who say the least are usually those who have the most to say...#MYFIRSTTWEET:D | |
| A bewildered Daniel Crowe reached out to the Twitterverse for comfort: | |
| #myfirsttweet Hello, I don't get this. Is there anybody out there? |