Twitter is 8 years old. To celebrate (and presumably generate posts like this one across the nation), Twitter made it very easy to find the first tweet to ever be posted from each and every account. Let’s look at some prominent Buffalo tweeters (and/or friends of ours) to see how they got started.

2013

Bye, Ryan!

 

2012

And now, a word from our sponsors.

As predicted, it got a little hairy for awhile.

Oh, you just choose. We’ll show up regardless.

Oh yeah– Vince Young was a member of the Bills.

It wasn’t really a trial– just a school-imposed disciplinary situation. When Donna got drunk, West Beverly High almost prevented her from graduating but, after everybody chanted her name, the school caved and let her partake in the ceremony with the rest of the gang.

2011

Showing tremendous restraint, Russ apparently waited until his second tweet to use the word “inventory.”

 

It’s not recommended that you cut and paste your match.com profile to your newly-created Twitter account.

Blowing right past the 140-character limit in tweet number one says “I don’t play by the rules.”

Sully’s here. There goes the neighborhood.

Hello, t-shirt store.

2010

Did you know there are cards that sell for $800 a pack?

It’s Mayor Brown! Hope you like exclamation points!

How did a couple of dudes selling tacos from a truck become local treasures? It started here.

This tweet goes to eleven.

Is there anything Borsa can’t do?

  

Plus, arguing.

“Follow me because in November, I’ll post the most interesting tweet of all-time.”

The best thing about Darcy was Fake Darcy.

2009

How many knee surgeries since this tweet?

We miss you, Lindy.

Three people? Triangular table.

Those kids should be good by now.

… and leaving in a year to coach the Kansas Jayhawks.

Running for office? More like WALKING for office.

Let the typos begin.

Remember Tom Golisano?

Impossible-looking yoga poses coming soon. Look for them. That’ll be exciting, too.

If Dan LeBatard can tweet, why can’t I?

Nick worked at WGR.

This predates all Tim Murray/Dwight Schrute references by nearly five years.

Mission accomplished.

Aren’t we all?

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To be fair to Nick, in 2009, we all had rotary phones.

This is how Terrell Owens first learned of the Bills’ existence.

To this day, this is the Sabres’ most popular tweet.

Have you figured it out yet, Jill? 😉

2008

“We will soon use this account to imply that all the worst things in the world are happening right in your backyard!”

Didn’t he open for Dave Matthews or something?

The is the first of Nicole’s 106,000+ tweets. One hundred and six THOUSAND. Let’s say it takes five seconds to send a tweet. That’s a little over six full days of tweeting.

2007

Tweeting is no way to get AC installed, Chris.

Sports sports sports… typical Bedenko.

“I’ve gotta stop this war. But first, let me tweet that.”