#MicroblogMondays 82: First Tweet

by Mel

26 comments

1 Persnickety { 03.21.16 at 7:12 am }

Apparently it was
“technology is the tool, not the raison d’être”
No idea why.

2 Middle Girl { 03.21.16 at 8:03 am }

I don’t remember my user name the first time I started Twitter. The second time, this: “You have now officially lost your mind.” Again.
🙂 ~ was the first tweet.

3 Cyn K { 03.21.16 at 8:37 am }

My first tweet was on May 10, 2010. It was “I probably shouldn’t have started a new blog since I can barely keep up with my old one.” I think I was referring to “Vanity Pl8,” my now-deleted blog of only a couple posts in which I was going to make up stories about the people driving cars with vanity plates.

4 nonsequiturchica { 03.21.16 at 8:53 am }

I don’t have a Twitter account! I had one for a few months but deleted it as I just found it more annoying than helpful.

5 Cynthia Samuels { 03.21.16 at 9:06 am }

This is mine. 03/02/08 I most remember though, the political nominating conventions that summer. They were the first I had missed in years and Twitter really helped me feel in on the action! Here goes:
Cynthia Samuels ‎@csamuels
Catching up on email after Shabbat, RSVPing invites and thinking about dinner.
8:57 AM – 2 Mar 2008

6 Anamika Agnihotri { 03.21.16 at 10:00 am }

My first tweet was this retweet from 9th Nov 2012.
Barack Obama ✔ ‎@BarackObama
The definition of hope is you still believe, even when it’s hard.
5:32 AM – 9 Nov 2012

It sounds amazing that Twitter has been here for 10 years and I (re)tweeted for the first time in 2012 but I have only figured it out recently how to use it.

7 Lori Lavender Luz { 03.21.16 at 10:09 am }

For my first tweet, I was sitting with you on the floor of a BlogHer conference! https://twitter.com/LavLuz/status/862200012

8 Sharon { 03.21.16 at 10:16 am }

Still not on Twitter, 10 years in

9 Isabelle { 03.21.16 at 10:30 am }

I have had a twitter account since January 2014, but still can’t get used to using it. Like Nonsequiturchica, I find it more annoying than helpful. Here is my first tweet: “Looks like I’ve been missing out on all the fun on Twitter! So nice to see all the familiar faces. Let me figure this thing out first.” And I still haven’t figured it out.

10 Lavonne @ *Our Wish* { 03.21.16 at 10:34 am }

I joined twitter and I don’t think I ever did anything with it. I think I deactivated it at some point. I am more of an Instagram/Tumblr person myself. I like the pictures. LOL!

11 Traci York { 03.21.16 at 10:42 am }

My first tweet was on August 19th, 2008 and simply said –

“I am tweaking my story for Open Mike night”

Fun stuff – thanks for pointing this out, Mel!

12 illustr8d { 03.21.16 at 11:33 am }

This is fun!
“Hello Twitterverse. As busy and fascinating as ever I see.” April 2015
that’s for the @illustr8d Twitter. Which is a new one for me.
First tweet ever was a retweet: “Patrick Ness ‏@Patrick_Ness 23 Aug 2013
The Internet: 68% porn, 12% cats, 9% fanboy casting outrage, 7% Writing tips, 3% Neil Gaiman, 1% all the world’s news and knowledge.”

13 Cristy { 03.21.16 at 12:22 pm }

Cryptic tweet. Wondering what 2006 Mel was thinking.

14 Shail { 03.21.16 at 2:15 pm }

Thanks for the link or I wouldn’t have known. This week I have written on the same topic too 🙂

15 Vaibhav Gupta { 03.21.16 at 2:43 pm }

“Apples!
Am on now!! Lessee where this leads to…”

I understand the second part – that I joined Twitter. I don’t know why I said Apples though. This is yet another exercise in learning how much you’ve changed over the years.

16 anks { 03.21.16 at 3:32 pm }

Mine was a lame Hello Twitter!!

17 JustHeather { 03.21.16 at 4:23 pm }

I only joined in 2011 and my first tweet was “I just added a #Twibbon to show my support for #infertility awareness. Get your own”, etc. I don’t think I have many tweets after that and I can’t remember the last time I logged in. In fact, I had to go search my emails to find my username, as the one I first typed in was someone else…and once I did find my username, I remembered all the names I usually use online were taken, so I had to find something (and stupid, imo).

18 loribeth { 03.21.16 at 5:11 pm }

First tweet still to come — I’m not on Twitter. 🙂 It took me until 2009 to warm up to Facebook. 😉

19 Mali { 03.21.16 at 5:52 pm }

Not really on Twitter. I have an account, but never look at it. It’s hard enough to keep up with blogs and other reading and Fb. I don’t want to be glued to my phone all day!

20 Jess { 03.21.16 at 6:20 pm }

Oh man. I don’t have a Twitter account. I haven’t even gone to check out other people’s tweets. Probably the closest thing is when people link to Facebook from Twitter. I guess I felt like Facebook was such a timesuck and I recently began enjoying Pinterest…plus blog reading? I had enough rabbit holes. Never say never though. Maybe your Grey’s Anatomy post was due to a particularly exciting/heart-stomping episode?

21 Sara { 03.21.16 at 6:49 pm }

I have a twitter but I never go on! I’m more of a INSTA girl 😉

22 Tedi @ Running with Infertility { 03.21.16 at 7:05 pm }

On my personal account I was trying to win something and signing up increased your chances…
On my @runwinfertility account it was
“This is how we roll! ? all Hurley wanted was to lay on my lap. So I took advantage of extra… https://www.instagram.com/p/_P6gcOCvca/“

23 Jessie Francis { 03.22.16 at 12:17 am }

I have never had a Twitter account and never wanted one!

24 Stephanie (Travelcraft Journal) { 03.22.16 at 10:42 am }

That made me laugh, Mel! Maybe you thought you were DMing someone-?

My first tweet (at 1:52 PM – 1 Oct 2008) was pretty self explanatory :

Look i’m on twitter!

25 deathstar { 03.22.16 at 12:46 pm }

I tweeted “I’m wondering if I’m truly menopausal” – that was in 2008. Well it was perimenopause. And no, I was just crazy. And yes now it’s 2016 and I am truly perimenopausal. Apparently you’re supposed to have a year of no periods before you get the official card.

26 Mary Francis { 03.26.16 at 2:32 pm }

My first Tweet:

Happy Chocolate day eh? Is there such a thing as ‘sad chocolate’?

Happy Chocolate Everyone!