Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, posted the first ever tweet. “just setting up my twttr,”At only 24 characters, the first tweet was way within Twitter’s 140 character limit. Jack Dorsey mentioned Twitter as twttr is because that was the original code name for the project. The public launch of what was to soon become the world’s most popular microblogging platform happened a few months later on July 15, 2006.
Since then it has been eight year since different tweets of its own kind. Here are a selection of seven first-of-its-kind tweets on the eighth anniversary of the first tweet. To celebrate the occasion Twitter has launched a tool to let you discover yours or anyone else’s first tweet.
1. The first tweet
just setting up my twttr- Jack Dorsey (@jack) March 21, 2006
2. The first tweet from space
Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! :) More soon, send your ?s- TJ Creamer (@Astro_TJ) January 22, 2010
The first tweet from outer space was posted by NASA astronaut TJ Creamer from the International Space Station.
3. First pregnancy tweet
is pregnant. :o)- Sarah (@velvetsarah) December 3, 2006
Sarah from Geraldton, Australia posted the news about her pregnancy on Twitter. The first known pregnancy announcement tweet.
4. First firing announcement on Twitter
I have been fired by Arrington for not removing the post comments from Loic. I will be looking for work and writing on www.vecosys.com- Sam Sethi (@samsethi) December 13, 2006
Sam Sethi announced on Twitter that he was fired by Michael Arrington from TechCrunch.
5. First tweet by Barack Obama
President Obama and the First Lady are here visiting our disaster operation center right now.- American Red Cross (@RedCross) January 18, 2010
The first tweet personally posted by US President Barack Obama wasn’t from the @BarackObama account, but a tweet on @redcross written in the third person. Barack and Michelle Obama were on a visit to Haiti following the devastating earthquake.
6. First product launch on Twitter
Launched http://fivelimes.com even though it’s pretty basic….getting it out there – @raja (Raja Bhatia) at 6:25 AM (PST) October 28, 2006 via web.
Raja Bhatia announced the launch of fivelimes.com, a social bookmarking site for eco-friendly products, via a twitter post that he seems to have since deleted.
7. First Tweet by a user of Indian origin
Don’t we love to find an Indian connection to any top lists. So here it is, the first Tweet sent out by an user of Indian origin. Nothing profound in the Tweet, but a first nevertheless.
Heading out for a day trek !!- ThirumalaiVelu (@atvelu) July 12, 2006
8. That’s me, my first tweet.
OK …..i guess u r too busy with ur IDIOT theme.
Tweeted by me (@jayaditya911), tweeted on June 3,2010 expressing some kinda irritation as I could not be able to change themes and they looked too simple and plain.
Let us know about first tweet, in the comments section below. Happy tweeting!!
