Twitter, the online social networking and microblogging service, which allow users to send and read short 140-character texts, recently celebrated its 8-year anniversary.
After Jack Dorsey, co-founder and co-creator of Twitter fired off his first tweet on March 21, 2006 http://goo.gl/43EFRj they knew they were off to the races. The official launch date of Twitter was March 15, 2006.
If you were curious about the hashtag (#), the symbol placed before users’ accounts-it was first proposed by Twitter user Chris Messina on August 23, 2007. http://goo.gl/VikedV
As users undoubtedly found the service innovative and unique during its early years, its real power, arguably, didn’t become universally known until 2009, when a US Airways jetliner (with 155 people aboard) struck a flock of Canada Geese, lost its engine power and ditched in the icy Hudson River of midtown Manhattan. The first photo from that frantic scene was posted on Twitter, well before the mainstream media got wind of it. http://goo.gl/yfzejq
Soon after that seminal event, Twitter and tweets became embedded into our everyday language; they now boast 241 million monthly active users with 500 million Tweets sent each day. In addition, 76% of Twitter users are on mobile, 77% of those accounts are outside the U.S., while supporting 35 different languages spanning the globe.
In appreciation to the millions of users who have signed up with their service over the last eight years, Twitter released a slick tool, allowing you to search for your very first tweet. http://goo.gl/u4tDpu
So, I thought it might be fun to take a look at the first tweets sent out by some journalists, politicos, entertainers, and sports personalities.
Here, then, are some of my favorites.
-Bill Lucey
March 23, 2014
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Winning..! Choose your Vice… #winning #chooseyourvice
Ellen DeGeneres ✔ @TheEllenShow
Tis my first twitt-er. Or tweet? Twit? Or tweet? "Twit or tweet everybody." Is this anything?
Jerry Seinfeld ✔ @JerrySeinfeld
Greetings Tweetarians! I have just landed on your Planet. This could be my last Tweet.
Stephen Colbert ✔ @StephenAtHome
A well-made suit gives you the illusion of a physique.
Just spent amazing time with Colbert! Is he sane? He is cool! #cgiu
Hillary Clinton ✔ @HillaryClinton
Thanks for the inspiration @ASmith83 & @Sllambe – I'll take it from here… #tweetsfromhillary
Congratulations to US President-elect Barack Obama http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/4595
About to announce my candidacy for president of the United States. Watch live at www.Jon2012.com and please RT #Jon2012
Tina Brown: Sarah Palin's Second Act http://tinyurl.com/5587nt
sitting in a seminar about sex lives of the microfamous at sxsw. it's a lot cooler than it sounds
So apparently I have 140 words to be brilliant and interesting and chronicle my life? Hmm…
I've never had a thought that was under 140 characters before.
Stuart Rothenberg @StuPolitics
Ron Paul? Rand Paul? More interested in Gabe Paul, former Yankees President & GM.
Made a vegetarian dinner. But added bacon. So didn't make a vegetarian dinner.
Joe Scarborough is watching Alan Keyes call the President a communist and wonders when conservatives will ever learn.
Hello World, the Real King James is in the Building "Finally". My Brother @oneandonlycp3 gas'd me up to jump on board so I'm here. Haaaa
The antisocial has become social #mambatweets
Testing… testing… Is this thing on??
Keith Olbermann ✔ @KeithOlbermann
I give up. I was wrong. Young and foolish. Now my twitter-cot belongs to the ages. Behold: I tweet.
Reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith dies at 39 http://tinyurl.com/3dm4p5
Trial resumes without Saddam: The genocide trial of six ex-Iraqi officials resumes without hanged co-defendant Saddam Hussein.
A judge has awarded sole custody of Sharon Stone's adopted child Roan to her ex-husband, Phil Bronstein.
Did Fox censor Sally Field? http://tinyurl.com/27k75l
MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors
trying to determine if Twitter has a point
Warren Buffett ✔ @WarrenBuffett
Warren is in the house.
Dear friends, I thank you from my heart and I ask you to continue to pray for me. Pope Francis.
BREAKING NEWS: I'm now a Twit. Official.
Hello everyone. First tweet. Computer man here, teaching me. Entering 21st century.
HealthCare.gov ✔ @HealthCareGov
Ready to take health care into your own hands? Get started at the new HealthCare.gov!
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