2006: Co-founder Jack Dorsey tweeted first, when the service was called “Twttr.”

2007: Early user Chris Messina proposed the use of a hashtag to denote people at the same live event.

2008: When the Mars Phoenix Lander found ice on Mars, NASA used Twitter to break the news.

2009: Early user Janis Krums happened to be on a ferry when a plane went down in the Hudson River.

2009: Ashton Kutcher was the first person on Twitter to reach 1 million followers.

2010: Astronaut TJ Creamer sent the first tweet from space, marking an historic moment in social media.

2010: In a royal first, the Prince of Wales’ private office announced Prince William’s engagement to Kate Middleton.

2011: Up late one night, Sohaib Athar inadvertently live-tweeted the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan.

2011: Beyoncé announced she was pregnant with her first child, setting a record of 8,868 tweets per second.

2012: President Obama noted his second presidential win. And within hours it became the most retweeted for the year.

2012: Pope Benedict was the first Pope to join Twitter, creating 8 accounts to tweet in different languages.

2013: Two bombs shook the Boston Marathon – and the world. Twitter became crucial for journalists, police and citizens.

2013: The passing of revered South African statesman Nelson Mandela flooded Twitter, spiking at 95,000 tweets per minute.

2014: Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar selfie was retweeted over 3.3 million times, breaking the record held by POTUS.

2014: The #BringBackOurGirls movement was created when more than 250 schoolgirls were abducted in Nigeria.

2014: The World Cup was the biggest sports event, with more than 672 million tweets during the month-long tournament.

2015: Caitlyn Jenner joined Twitter and reached 1 million followers in 4 hours, breaking the record held by POTUS.

2015: As the horrific attacks in Paris unfolded, the world united to support people in the City of Light with #PrayForParis.

2016: Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar win sparked a spike of 440,000 tweets per minute, breaking Ellen's selfie record.


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Originally posted by Swim I remember the days of Ashton being king of Twitter

Originally posted by Nikolai. Iconic. I remember when Gaga was the most followed on twitter

And I only used this fake Francois Sagat account to promote Gaga and PLL for like a few times. So damn useless for me since I get all the tea filtered on here while having a life outside the internet without these freaks on there.

The way I slay.

Originally posted by J a y Remember joining in 2010, Ashton was the most followed. Then it was Britney, and then Gaga. It's HUGE now!

Originally posted by imabadkid This is when Twitter peaked tbh. I remember how intense it got between Britney and Gaga fans over who was going to keep the most followed on Twitter 'award'

Originally posted by Nikolai. Iconic. I remember when Gaga was the most followed on twitter

Originally posted by J a y 2007: Early user Chris Messina proposed the use of a hashtag to denote people at the same live event.

2009: Ashton Kutcher was the first person on Twitter to reach 1 million followers.

2011: Beyoncé announced she was pregnant with her first child, setting a record of 8,868 tweets per second.

2014: Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar selfie was retweeted over 3.3 million times, breaking the record held by POTUS.

2015: Caitlyn Jenner joined Twitter and reached 1 million followers in 4 hours, breaking the record held by POTUS.

2016: Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar win sparked a spike of 440,000 tweets per minute, breaking Ellen's selfie record.

This site, I swear...

The worst social media site ever
nothing but entitled bullies bragging about next gen iphones or some dumb shallow "relatable" bs