First Tweets from Rhode Island’s Most Influential People
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Do you remember your first tweet? How about the first tweet from your favorite celebrity or public figure?
Last week, in honor of their eighth birthday, Twitter launched a website that allows users to go back in time and see their--or their favorite personalities'--first tweets.
Find your first tweet here
Since its inception in March of 2006, Twitter has amassed more than 500 million users, allowing members to share their thoughts--500 million daily--with the world. Even the President of the United States is an active user, and made social media history when his 2012 tweet was retweeted 779,565 times--more than any other in history.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe site has become one of the most popular social media sites in the world, and members have discovered unique and interesting ways to represent themselves.
Some use Twitter to reach out to the community:
Others to connect with fans, or each other:
And others as parody:
How Twitter works
Each Twitter user is assigned a Twitter handle, which is the @ symbol followed by an account name of the users choosing. Twitter users micro blog by tweeting, which is a post limited to 140 characters. Twitter users are also allowed to post photographs and video, as well as retweet and favorite other users posts.
While some used their first tweet to offer a witty or interesting comment, others chose to forgo the comedy for something more serious.
Check out the slideshow below to see what the famous and prominent members of Rhode Island had to say in their first tweets.
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