Unfortunately, There's a First Time (and Tweet) For Everything

By Nicole Nguyen

Get ready to cringe at (or fall in love with) your past self. Twitter is celebrating its eighth birthday with a tool called First Tweet that — you guessed it — reveals the pithy message that stole your Twitter virginity.

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Enter any username (yours, your best friend's, your boyfriend's, etc.) to discover what their first was. We've included some outstanding Twitter initiations here, but feel free to leave us your favorites in the comments.

Thanks for the inspiration @ASmith83 & @Sllambe - I'll take it from here... #tweetsfromhillary

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 10, 2013

My first tweet, peeps. I apologize in advance for my slow learning curve. Nice to (sort of) meet you. It's amazing how quickly 140 charac

— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) November 16, 2009

Tis my first twitt-er. Or tweet? Twit? Or tweet? "Twit or tweet everybody." Is this anything?

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 10, 2009

Warren is in the house.

— Warren Buffett (@WarrenBuffett) May 2, 2013

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