Co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote the first ever tweet nine years ago today. Celebrate its birthday with some of the biggest posts from its history2006: The very first tweet came from co-founder Jack Dorsey, back when the service did not use vowels in its official name
— Jack (@jack)March 21, 2006just setting up my twttr
Since the the first ever tweet in 2006, the micro-blogging site has grown to more than 284 million users worldwide, with over 15 million based in the UK.
2007: Early user Chris Messina proposed the use of a hashtag to denote people at the same live event
— Chris Messina® (@chrismessina)August 23, 2007how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]?
The first suggestion for using a hashtag as a means of a creating a group conversation regarding a single event came in 2007 from early Twitter user Chris Messina, who suggested they would be useful for linking comments on the same issues and creating shared messages.
The concept of trending has since become the biggest barometer of relevance on social media.Most major events and even TV shows now come with their own hashtag, as organisers look to increase their online presence and get people talking and promoting their event.
2008: Mars Phoenix Lander found ice on Mars, Nasa used Twitter to break the news
— MarsPhoenix (@MarsPhoenix)June 20, 2008Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!
Breaking news has also been a large part of Twitter’s usage for some years now, with the 2008 news that the Mars Phoenix Lander had found ice on Mars being revealed by Nasa via Twitter.
2009: Janis Krums happened to be on a ferry when a plane went down in the Hudson River
— Jānis Krūms (@jkrums)January 15, 2009http://twitpic.com/135xa - There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy.
The US Airways flight that was forced to make an emergency landing on the Hudson river in New York in 2009 was also first reported on Twitter, with images of passengers on life rafts and stood on the wings of the plane being retweeted and then picked up by news organisations.
2010: In a royal first, Clarence House, the Prince of Wales’s private office, created a Twitter account to announce Prince William’s engagement to Kate Middleton
— Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse)November 16, 2010The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton - www.princeofwales.gov.uk
2011: Up late one night, Sohaib Athar inadvertently live-tweeted the raid on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan
— Sohaib Athar (@ReallyVirtual)May 1, 2011Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).
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