Newsflash! Twitter is 8 years old today (March 21, 2014)!
And to commemorate their eighth anniversary, Twitter has introduced a new tool that allows users relive their Twitter debuts. Type your Twitter handle into the search field and it spits out your first-ever tweet in its full, date-stamped glory — typos, clever witticisms, clumsy hashtags and all.
I joined twitter as @ATLien on July 5, 2008 and here’s my first official ‘tweet’:
finally on twitter…but i have no twits!
— Michelle Brown ? (@ATLien) July 6, 2008
If you’re a part of the social media madness, I’m sure you know how entertaining twitter can be at times.
[FLASHBACK: Twitter Fail! R. Kelly’s #AskRKelly Hastag Goes Horribly Wrong!]
Everybody knows that I loves me some twitter! And as a blogger, tweeting has become a part of my everyday.
Check out the ‘first tweets’ of a few of your favorite Atlanta celebs like Tyler Perry, Usher, Big Boi, and more under the cut…
Ok, my first tweet. It looks like fun. I'm getting on a plane in a little while on my way to Vegas. I'm going to The Hoodie Awards 🙂 .
— Tyler Perry (@tylerperry) August 15, 2009
Hello to the Twitter Nation…I said I wouldn't do this. I'm on the set. Ashton and Demi did it!! If you can't beat em join em! Here goes!!!
— Usher Raymond IV (@Usher) May 18, 2009
I AM THANKFUL THAT WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES AT NIGHT, I CAN SLEEP & WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, I AM ALIVE AND CAN LIVE. CYNTHIA BAILEY
— Cynthia Bailey (@CynthiaBailey10) November 26, 2009
In the studio with DJ Toomp putting the finishing touches on the Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty album!
— Big Boi (@BigBoi) April 7, 2009
catching up w/old episodes of this season's Celeb Apprentice..interesting cast..so many comics..where the hell has Tom Green been since MTV?
— Phaedra Parks, Esq. (@PhaedraParks) March 22, 2009
major announcement coming Monday 3/8 @ 5pm EST on www.trapmuzik.com #kingsback
— T.I. #RIPDOEB (@Tip) March 2, 2010
Getting my schedule together for the week
— Kandi Burruss (@Kandi) March 16, 2009
Hey! Headed to show at the G A Y club!
Its about to go down! Bish U better work!
— Ciara (@ciara) April 25, 2009
I'm trying to get my blackberry to work with this
— tameka j raymond (@TamekaRaymond) March 28, 2009
WELCOME YA BOI SCRAP TO TWITTER
— Lil Scrappy Merlo (@reallilscrappy) June 19, 2009
Im setting up an account and learning this twitter shit
— Killer Mike (@KillerMikeGTO) February 19, 2009
Hola
— Joseline Hernandez (@MsJoseline) May 21, 2012
In the lab cookin' up!
— Stevie J. (@hitmansteviej) March 16, 2009