That clicks! - 10 legendary Twitter tweets
Fast, short, concise - tweets often have unimagined effects: Here we present the top 10 most curious Twitter messages.
10th to 5th place: curious celebrity and political tweets
- 10th place: The former drugstore chain Schlecker advertised with the slogan "For You. On site" and triggered a shitstorm on Twitter with this crude Denglish mix.
- 9th place: On September 11, actor Ashton Kutcher tweeted: "This is the most fantastic day of the year". He was happy about the new football season, but on the anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
- 8th place: US MP Anthony Weiner sent revealing pictures of his "best friend" to young women via Twitter. But once he clicked on "public" - that ended his career as a politician.
- 7th place: Steffen Seibert (Federal Government spokesman) confused President Obama with Osama Bin Laden in a tweet. After Bin Laden's death, Seibert wrote on Twitter: "#Chancellor: Obama responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocents, has ridiculed basic values of Islam and all religions."
- 6th place: Lady Gaga's account is currently one of the most subscribed Twitter accounts in the world. Her tweet "Never be afraid to dream" is one of the biggest tweets on the social media platform.
Legendary tweets place 5 to place 1: small messages, big message
- 5th place: The hastag "#aufschrei" denounces sexism in everyday life and was even awarded a Grimme Online Award in 2013.
- 4th place: At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the British fans were thrilled with the hashtag "#OurGreatestTeam". In the end, Britain also received more medals than expected.
- 3rd place: On March 21, 2006, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey made the first tweet "just setting up my twttr".
- 2nd place: With the hashtag "#egypt" Twitter 2011 showed its greatest benefit so far. The short news supported the "Arab Spring": regime opponents in Egypt were better organized and Western journalists got first-hand information.
- 1st place: "Four more years." - Barack Obama tweeted on November 7, 2012 after winning the presidential election for the second time. The tweet had a photo attached that shows Barack Obama with his wife Michelle.
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