The Most Impressive Tweets of All Time

Created by hmt79 Created 05-25-09 Updated: 05-25-09
Twitter has grown to immense proportions over a short period of time. In that growth, this social experiment has yielded some very interesting outcomes. Everything from marriage proposals to FBI arrests have come from short, 140 character or less messages. So what are the most impressive of them all?

The Most Impressive Tweets of All Time

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  • Congress Tweets on the Floor During Obama's First Speech

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    narcan - May 25th 2009, 16:23
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    "On the floor of the house of reps. Waiting to hear Barack. Place is on fire." - Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT)

    "Aggie basketball game is about to start on espn2 for those of you that aren't going to bother watching pelosi smirk for the next hour," ...shortly thereafter... "Disregard that last Tweet from a staffer." - Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)

    "The first big divide: he thanks Congress for recovery act. D's cheer, R's silent. Obama tries to get past this, doesn't dwell on division," - Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)

    "Sitting at the State of the Union listening to words like responsibility and accountability just days after a reckless spending spree." - Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)

    For a list of Congress members who tweet on the reg, check out www.tweetcongress.org

    Congress Tweets on the Floor During Obama's First Speech

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      theheitz - May 25th 2009, 20:54 Hide
      Shouldn't congress be listening instead of tweeting?
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      narcan - May 25th 2009, 21:00 Hide
      They don't read the bills they pass, I don't see why they should listen to the President.

  • Xzibit Responds to Internet Meme

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    hmt79 - May 25th 2009, 13:36
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    http://twitter.com/mrxtothaz/status/1260527355

    Xzibit responds to one of the most popular internet memes of all time.

    For more info: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xzibit-yo-dawg
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  • Shaq responds to Oprah's first Tweet

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    hmt79 - May 25th 2009, 13:42
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    Shaq hit Oprah with the Tweet seen here in a massive Shaq Attack!

    Shaq responds to Oprah's first Tweet

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  • Twitter Account Hacks

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    tesla - May 25th 2009, 20:32
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    Twitter account hacks have yielded some interesting tweets. In January 2009, it started with the Fox News account being hacked followed by a tweet:

    "Breaking: Bill O Riley is gay"

    This coordinated attack hit the pages of Britney Spears, Et Tu, Huffington Post, and Rick Sanchez from CNN, who didn't make it into work that day because he was "high on crack right now".

    From TechCrunch: "33 accounts were hacked after Twitter’s internal admin tools were compromised".

    Read More: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/05/either-fox-news-had-their-twitter-account-hacked-or-bill-oreilly-is-gay-or-both/

    Twitter Account Hacks

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  • Rape in Washington D.C. Discussed Over Twitter

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    narcan - May 25th 2009, 21:08
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    From Michael van Poppel:

    Wow….. a woman was raped at a Washington park and hundreds saw it but did nothing?!?

    @glownz I can’t imagine someone not trying anything, out of hundreds even.. I could never just watch something like that happen

    @maggieglazer Well, I could never just stand there and watch if someone like that happened…

    Tried to see if anyone tweeted about the rape, since there were hundreds of people.. but I can’t find anything.

    RT @nilicule: @mpoppel it’s called the Bystander Effect, http://bit.ly/JFcxh - and it’s absolutely horrible

    “the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help.”

    Linkback: http://www.inquisitr.com/24533/woman-raped-in-washington-park-as-hundreds-watched-nobody-intervened/

    Rape in Washington D.C. Discussed Over Twitter

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  • Shaq posts at halftime

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    shaqattack - May 25th 2009, 14:02
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    Shaq posted a short message before a game against Washington in March, 2009 indicating that he planned to post during the game. Shortly before the third quarter, Shaq posted a tweet that said simply "Shhhhhh".

    Read More: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4004473

    Follow Shaq: http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ

    Shaq posts at halftime

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  • FBI Arrests Man in Oklahoma for Twitter Death Threats

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    twittero - May 25th 2009, 14:19
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    An Oklahoma City man was arrested by FBI agents after announcing on Twitter that he would turn an April 15, 2009 protest rally into a killing spree.

    Read More: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/twitterraid/

    FBI Arrests Man in Oklahoma for Twitter Death Threats

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      narcan - May 25th 2009, 21:03 Hide
      Are we impressed or worried the FBI reads tweets? In this case, I'm mostly impressed, but it does make me want to see my FBI file all the more...

  • The Oprah Tweet

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    tesla - May 25th 2009, 21:40
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    Oprah launched Twitter into another stratosphere by breaking the service out to the public on her show. Here's her first tweet.

    "HI TWITTERS. THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY."

    http://twitter.com/Oprah/status/1542224596

    This was followed up shortly thereafter by Shaq with an @reply that dissed O for her caps. She then began typing normally.

    The Oprah Tweet

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      narcan - May 29th 2009, 14:04 Hide
      that's right oprah...learn your place. no caps for you bitch.

  • Grant Robertson Marriage Proposal

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    hmt79 - May 25th 2009, 13:30
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    Grant Robertson from the popular Download Squad proposed to Christina Warrent on January 8th, 2009.

    http://twitter.com/grobertson/status/1104743086

    Grant Robertson Marriage Proposal

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      narcan - May 25th 2009, 21:03 Hide
      this dude is lame. I don't care how much you love the interwebs, when you propose to a woman, you do it with some passion and some semblance of effort.

  • Trent Reznor badmouths Chris Cornell

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    twittero - May 25th 2009, 14:25
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    Trent Reznor gave some interesting input to Chris Cornell's record over an infamous tweet.

    "You know that feeling you get when somebody embarrasses themselves so badly YOU feel uncomfortable? Heard Chris Cornell's record? Jesus."

    http://twitter.com/trent_reznor/status/1313265641

    Trent Reznor badmouths Chris Cornell

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  • Tweet from Mars

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    tesla - May 25th 2009, 20:27
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    Ice found on mars, revealed for the first time via twitter:

    http://twitter.com/marsphoenix

    http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix/statuses/839088619

    Tweet from Mars

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  • John McCain Interview

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    tesla - May 25th 2009, 19:56
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    John McCain cut an entire interview down do a twitter conversation with George Stephanopoulos, covering a multitude of topics. Here's an example from the interview:

    http://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/1342997135

    John McCain Interview

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      narcan - May 25th 2009, 21:04 Hide
      I don't see why George Stephanopoulos deserves more than 140 characters anyway.

  • Jack Dorsey: The First Twitter Status Update

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    tesla - May 25th 2009, 20:00
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    http://twitter.com/jack/status/20

    just setting up my twttr

    12:50 PM Mar 21st, 2006 from web

    Jack Dorsey: The First Twitter Status Update

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  • Man Arrested for Causing Panic over Twitter

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    twittero - May 25th 2009, 14:29
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    A man from Guatemala City was arrested in May, 2009 for inciting panic after he posted a Twitter message.

    Jean Ramses Anleu Fernandez urged people in Guatemala to boycott a bank in the aftermath of a political scandal.

    "withdraw cash from Banrural and break the bank of the corrupt"

    Read More: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6296438.ece

    Man Arrested for Causing Panic over Twitter

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