Twitter is growing up.
Difficult as it is to believe, the social network just turned 10. While the company is celebrating with a look back at some of its most powerful moments, we wanted to mark the occasion with a list of our own.
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While no list can encompass all of the unforgettably hilarious, poignant, jaw-dropping, trolling and downright wtf moments that have happened on Twitter over the years, we've collected a dozen of our favorites. Keep reading to see our list of the best tweets of all time (in chronological order.)
The one that started it all
While the lore around the first tweet ever is well established, Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey's inaugural tweet is still a classic.
just setting up my twttr— Jack (@jack) March 21, 2006
The first hashtag
Proof that some of Twitter's greatest successes can come directly from users, the now ubiquitous hashtag was actually suggested by an early power user.
how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]?— Chris Messina ✌︎ (@chrismessina) August 23, 2007
Miracle on the Hudson
When Janis Krums quickly took the now iconic photo of a U.S Airways plane that had landed in the water he had no way of knowing just how viral the image would be.
http://twitpic.com/135xa - There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy.— Janis Krums (@jkrums) January 15, 2009
Martha Stewart's bizarre, dark, poetry
'Nuff said. (All those tweets are actually hers, by the way.)
just got home, let out the dogs, within minutes they cornered,attacked and killed an opossum. had to wash little bloody mouths .life on farm— Martha Stewart (@MarthaStewart) November 12, 2009
The first live tweet from space
Though other astronauts had previously sent tweets from space with the help of others, astronaut TJ Creamer was the first to send a tweet from space in real-time.
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
That time someone accidentally live tweeted the Osama Bin Laden raid
An IT consultant in Abbottabad happened to be awake one night in May 2011 when heard helicopters nearby -- an unusual occurrence for the area. It was so unusual, in fact, he began tweeting about it and received dozens of responses before realizing what he had been hearing was the raid that eventually killed Osama bin Laden.
Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).— Sohaib Athar (@ReallyVirtual) May 1, 2011
A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty :-S— Sohaib Athar (@ReallyVirtual) May 1, 2011
Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it.— Sohaib Athar (@ReallyVirtual) May 2, 2011
Obama's presidential mic drop
Four more years. pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012
When Oreo won the Super Bowl of #brandtwitter
When the 2013 Super Bowl had a massive blackout, Oreo was ready with this tweet that still holds up.
Power out? No problem. pic.twitter.com/dnQ7pOgC— Oreo Cookie (@Oreo) February 4, 2013
Ellen's epic Oscars selfie
The most-retweeted tweet ever, according to Twitter, Ellen's Oscars selfie racked up more than a million retweets in less than an hour.
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014
J.K. Rowling's perfect response to a Serena Williams hater
While the Harry Potter author has penned many epic tweets, her perfect response to a Serena Williams hater is just that: perfect.
.@diegtristan8 "she is built like a man". Yeah, my husband looks just like this in a dress. You're an idiot. pic.twitter.com/BCvT10MYkI— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 11, 2015
This reminder to love your dog
what did we do to deserve dogs pic.twitter.com/NkjbanT9gu— kiersten (@kierstennamber) September 10, 2015
Kanye keeps it real
While Kanye West has been has a pretty epic streak of hilarious, random and downright nonsensical tweets, this gem -- directed at Wiz Khalifa -- pretty much sums up his year in Twitter in a nutshell.
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