The 6 Tweets That Made Twitter History.
Elon Musk is obviously part of this list of legendary tweets.
After Elon Musk announced his takeover of 9.2% of Twitter's capital, I told you about a kind of pact with the devil that Twitter's executives had just made by offering him a seat on the board of directors. A way to better control him, if it was possible, but above all to show him that he would listen.
The goal was perhaps to try to channel him. The many tweets about the present and future of Twitter that Elon Musk published afterward showed that the Tesla CEO did not intend to play a passive role as he had told the SEC when making his investment.
Elon Musk's plan with Twitter is completely different: Elon Musk wants to take full control of Twitter. After refusing a seat on the board of Twitter, Elon Musk has just made an offer to buy Twitter for $43 billion. This will be the only offer that Elon Musk will make.
The offer is rather generous while Twitter's market cap is currently 34 billion dollars. Twitter's management is seriously considering the proposal of the man who wants to make Twitter the leading platform in terms of freedom of expression on the Internet.
If Twitter has a huge potential, the company is still struggling to fully exploit it, and Elon Musk thinks he can unlock it by applying his innovative methods. While waiting to know if Twitter is going to leave the stock market to become the property of Elon Musk, I propose you look back at 6 tweets that have marked the history of Twitter.
1. The most retweeted tweet in history
The record for the most shared tweet on the platform is currently held by the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, owner of the clothing retailer Zozotown. In January 2019, the latter promised to offer 100 million yen, or $923K at this time, to 100 of his followers chosen at random. The latter had to retweet the message posted by the billionaire before a deadline. The tweet was retweeted 3.8 million times in 36 hours:
2. The first tweet of the Pope
On December 12, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI became the first pontiff to send a tweet. Under the handle @pontifex, the pope sent the following message:
“Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.”
Since then, the account has been declined in several languages and taken over by Pope Francis, followed by more than 18 million Internet users.
3. Donald Trump's typo becomes legendary
“Covfefe”: this word was used by the former US President Donald Trump, very active on Twitter, but is not in the dictionary.
“Despite the constant negative press covfefe,” had written in 2017 by the head of state, raising the question of many Internet users. Typo or coded message? Donald Trump had claimed at the time that the tweet was intentional, but the mystery remains.
4. Elon Musk calls for the use of Signal
Elon Musk is known for his outbursts on Twitter, sometimes shaking the financial markets. On January 7, 2021, Elon Musk recommends the use of the encrypted messaging system Signal :
In a few hours, the message had made the stock price of Signal Advance, a small American company that is specialized in medical devices ... which had nothing to do with the messaging application.
This makes you better measure the incredible influence that Elon Musk can have on Twitter and in the Tech world in general. With more than 81 million followers and an aura that is bigger than ever, Elon Musk should certainly be more careful when posting tweets.
5. The first tweet from space
It is now common to see astronauts such as the Frenchman Thomas Pesquet share the details of their trips into space with their followers. Their pioneer is Mike Massimino, author of the first tweet from space, sent in May 2009:
Here is the content of the first tweet sent from space:
“From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!”
The astronaut wrote the astronaut under the pseudo @Astro_Mike.
6. Launch of the #MeToo movement
The tweet is symbolic of a widespread movement encouraging women to speak out against the sexual assault and rape they experience. The “Me Too” slogan was born in the early 2000s but was picked up and spread in 2017 during the revelations about Harvey Weinstein, a movie producer since convicted of sexual assault and rape.
“Me Too” was born on the Twitter account of the American actress Alyssa Milano, asking women who are victims of sexual harassment or assault to write this message under her original tweet:
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