Celebrity first tweets: From caustic Katie Hopkins to serial selfie snapper Ed Miliband
The unbelievable - and underwhelming - micro-blogging debuts of the UK's most followed
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Your support makes all the difference.What was your first tweet?
A selfie? An inspirational quote? Or maybe just a few words to let the rest of social media know you had arrived.
To celebrate Twitter’s eighth birthday the popular micro-blogging site is taking Twitterers on a trip down memory lane, allowing them to rediscover their first ever attempt at cramming something witty/thoughtful/provocative into 140 characters.
Cringe-worthy or just plain dull?
Let’s have a look at what some of our favourite Twitter personalities posted before they developed Twitter personalities. #FirstTweet
Before she became the queen of inflammatory tweets, Katie Hopkins was a little more subdued...
Feminism what now? Lily Allen was "learning to be a lady" back in 2009...
Exciting way to kick-start his Twitter career - Ed Miliband plumps for drainage thriller...
Enthusiastic about life as always, here's how caustic Clarkson revved up his followers...
Why the speech marks, David Cameron? The PM falls at the first sarcastic hurdle with this debut...
And on the seventh day, the internet was destroyed... By the premiere of Sir Patrick Stewart...
Might have taken him a bit more time, actually. But the thought was there for Obama ...
Practical as ever, everyone's favourite tweeter Stephen Fry...
And it didn't get much more interesting for Murray...
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