--- title: New Simple Twitter Tool Finds Your First Tweet Ever description: Twitter has launched #FirstTweet, a service that lets users find the very first message they sent out using the site. canonical: https://time.com/31752/twitter-launches-easy-tool-that-finds-your-first-tweet/ author: Kelly Conniff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-20T14:29:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T08:47:55.907Z og:title: Twitter Launches Easy Tool That Finds Your First Tweet og:description: Twitter has launched #FirstTweet, a service that lets users find the very first message they sent out using the site. og:url: https://time.com/31752/twitter-launches-easy-tool-that-finds-your-first-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1af2fc4c54a5cadb/69868658cd804d2b83cc9d14/screen-shot-2014-03-20-at-10-22-43-am.png?branch=production&width=567&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 567 og:image:height: 319 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-03-20 at 10.22.43 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Twitter Launches Easy Tool That Finds Your First Tweet twitter:description: Twitter has launched #FirstTweet, a service that lets users find the very first message they sent out using the site. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1af2fc4c54a5cadb/69868658cd804d2b83cc9d14/screen-shot-2014-03-20-at-10-22-43-am.png?branch=production&width=567&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Twitter Launches Easy Tool That Finds Your First Tweet > Sponsored content. 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Take a look back on their entries into the Twittersphere._  by [Kelly Conniff](https://time.com/author/kelly-conniff/)  ## Kelly Conniff Conniff is deputy editor at TIME. Mar 20, 2014 2:29 PM UTC Remember the pre-Twitter era, before celebrities inundated us with their likes and dislikes? We do too. Take a look back on their entries into the Twittersphere.  by [Kelly Conniff](https://time.com/author/kelly-conniff/)  ## Kelly Conniff Conniff is deputy editor at TIME. Mar 20, 2014 2:29 PM UTC Twitter has launched #FirstTweet, a [tool](https://discover.twitter.com/first-tweet) that helps users find the very first message they sent out using the site–which, of course, means that you might end up seeing a tweet you’d rather not remember. The social-networking service is sharing the service with fans in celebration of the Twitter’s [eighth birthday](https://blog.twitter.com/2014/on-twitters-8th-birthday-find-your-first-tweet). The tool is simple: plug in your username and get ready to cringe. Or at least get ready to see how excited you were to tweet about the contents of your lunch in 2009. Twitter is asking users to share their initial messages using [#FirstTweet](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FirstTweet&src=typd). To celebrate, we’ve gathered the first tweets of a few notable Twitter luminaries. Enjoy! > [](https://twitter.com/Oprah/status/1542224596) ## Transcript [00:00] I am gonna make history here as the first president to [00:03] live tweet. I'm officially launching my Twitter site. [00:08] Tonight live on our stage I will type out my very first [00:12] tweet. [ MUSIC ] Tonight your first tweet now, so just go [00:14] ahead and tweet. I think I have done this properly. [00:17] Have you used a keyboard before? Yes. I never [00:20] dreamed it before. [ NOISE ] Oh no. At this point I have [00:22] 409 members. [00:26] Tell other people, whats the repeat thing when you, [00:28] like, send it off? Retweet! Retweet, thank you retweet. [00:32] [ MUSIC ] How do you feel about going on Twitter? Well, [00:36] it's pretty daring, but I'll try it. [ LAUGH ] Warren [00:42] Buffett's first tweet. It better be entertaining. Sir, [00:47] I took the liberty of opening you a Twitter account. [00:52] Would you like the break into the 21st century right [00:54] now, and send your first tweet? 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