Some tweets from the billions published weekly on the Twitter social network, entered the history and marked the evolution of the network based in San Francisco (West United States). Here is a selection of the AFP.
@ jack, March 21, 2006
First automated message co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, who will send the same day his first live tweet “inviting colleagues.” To date, 2,435,872 subscribers follow.
The American student James Buck sent this tweet after being arrested by the Egyptian authorities during a demonstration. It shows how the social network can be a tool for rallying to the cause, as the protests that followed led to his release. “Free”, he tweeted immediately.
@ jkrums, January 2009
A U.S. Airways plane from the company crashed into the Hudson River in New York. His tweet and others sent by witnesses and passengers, were accompanied by a link to a photo of the place, generating information as traditional media.
@ Oprah, April 2009
The queen of talk shows Oprah Winfrey American published his first tweet and now more than 21 million “followers” (people who follow). Itself follows only 149 accounts
“From orbit. Launch was amazing I feel in great shape, I work a lot, and I appreciate these! magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun! “
@ astro_mike, May 2009
Astronaut Mike Massimino made history with the first tweet sent from the space.
June 2009
This is not a tweet, but the nickname given to the protest movement in Iran against the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Protesters used the social network to thwart the government’s attempts to prevent them from communicating. Two years later, Twitter became a popular tool demonstrators of the “Arab Spring.”
@ ReallyVirtual, May 2011
The IT consultant Sohaib Athar tweets without knowing the U.S. Navy Seals raid on a house in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was hiding, who was killed in the operation.
@ BarackObama, November 2012
U.S. President tweeted his victory with a picture of him and his wife Michelle, hugging. His message remains to this day the most retweeted – 800 000 times – history
“Dear friends, I am happy to contact you through Twitter.. Thank you for your generous response. I bless you all with all my heart “
@ Pontifex, December 2012
Pope Benedict XVI Launches First papal account, which has more than 3 million” followers “.
@ Oreo, February 2013
Tweet manufacturers of Oreo cookies when a power failure interrupts the very final followed football Super Bowl, indicating the potential of Twitter to adapt to the situation in real time.
“Breaking: two explosions at the White House and Obama is injured”
In April 2013, supporters of the Syrian regime Syrian Electronic Army pirate on behalf of the news agency Associated Press @ AP, and their message plunged Wall Street. The social network becomes like other media targeted by cyber attacks. Wall Street plunges 200 points instantly.
