According to The Twitties, the first public tweet with an ID greater than 999,999,999 was this one, number one billion and one. Depressingly, it was posted by a headline bot. I got pretty close with my attempt--1,000,000,015--but, eh, horseshoes and hand grenades.
Adam
· 1 year ago
hehe, sucks when milestone events aren't cool items ... flickr's 2nd and 3rd billionth photos were pretty decent
pottluck
· 1 year ago
I think you cant compare the number of Tweets with Photos uploaded to FB
teraom
· 1 year ago
May be this was the landmark twitter was waiting for- to monetize twitter. So from now, we see ads???
Chris
· 1 year ago
Part of me still wonders if Twitter will go the way of Friendster. It's only as good as the people who use it, and it seems like there's an opportunity for another player to come in and do it better. Given Facebook's user base, I wonder if they'll come in with an application outside of their status updates. Although while I was looking at Twitter's Evri profile page, it was funny to see the open hostility toward their lack of public business plan.
Melanie Nathan
· 1 year ago
OMG very cool... congratulations twitter! The Fail Whale hasn't made an appearance for a very long time which *definitely* helps your cause. Now just figure out how to make some $$ and it's all good ;)
Dave Evans
· 1 year ago
Bad comparison between FB pics and Tweets and Twitter is mainstream? Nothing could be farther from the fact. I am on the front lines of Twitter and social media initiatives and people barely know what RSS is.
FriendFeed will be immensely popular once they figure out the features and syndicating data from all the other social apps. The mainstream doesn't want to stare at a scrolling IM window all day.
Kevin Makice
· 1 year ago
We are probably another two days away (minimum) from the actual billionth tweet. Jack Dorsey tweeted in Feb 2007, pointing to the 1 millionth one ... with a record ID in the 5 million range. Still a milestone just to watch the tweets roll over to another digit.
Definitely reaffirms the faith of all those early adopters who thought Twitter was the beginning of something big.
Now how about who posted the very first Tweet and what was it?
Jordan Running
· 1 year ago
Via Kevin, above:
"According to creator Jack Dorsey in late February 2007, the former CEO of Twitter claimed the first tweet at 4:02p on March 21, 2006 (â€inviting coworkersâ€). That tweet was status update record ID 29, an indication that some tests were done on the database during development."
Melissa
· 1 year ago
Even though Twitter frequently has issues and down time, I am impressed with how it has established the world of micro-blogging and has grown so quickly!
Digital Photography
· 1 year ago
I find Twitter to be on of the best connecting service and microblogging site around. While trying to work with plurk and pounce, I still return to twitter. There are also huge amounts of software and sites dedicated to enriching the system.
Sean
· 1 year ago
I think twitter is great; I use it all the time. However, the 1 Billion number isn't all that impressive. There are billions of texts sent around the world EVERY DAY.
A more important measure would be the trend over time. Has twitter traffic reached an inflection point? What is its MoM/YoY growth rate?
Again, I'm not a hater. It's changed how I communicate with a set of my friends.
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FriendFeed will be immensely popular once they figure out the features and syndicating data from all the other social apps. The mainstream doesn't want to stare at a scrolling IM window all day.
http://www.blogschmog.net/2008/11/11/a-billion-...
Now how about who posted the very first Tweet and what was it?
A more important measure would be the trend over time. Has twitter traffic reached an inflection point? What is its MoM/YoY growth rate?
Again, I'm not a hater. It's changed how I communicate with a set of my friends.