Have you ever thought that a person could get himself out of jail thanks to his Twittering of the word “ARRESTED” or a man made proposal of marriage to his girlfriend by tweeting “Will you marry me?” Below are some of the most historic short tweets that have shocked the world since 2006.
In August, 2010, teen idol Justin Bieber made many people very surprised when he tweeted “everyone call me [number] :) or text” to his 4.5 million followers but the phone number actually belonged to a crazy fan, instead of him. As a result, the “victim” had to receive at least 26,000 text messages and hundreds of phone calls.
Though Bieber deleted his tweet shortly after publishing it, the tweet was widely retweeted, causing big troubles for the real owner of the number
When a commercial flight was forced to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River, New York on January 16, 2009, Twitter user Janis Krums, who witnessed the crash, tweeted and sent an image of the Airbus 320 to announce this accident by his iPhone.
Twitter user Janis Krums could send a picture of the Airbus 320 landing in the Hudson River with the help of image service Twitpic
The trend of making marriage proposal on social media began when Twitter user Garazi had a sweet tweet in 2008 to propose his girlfriend. He tweeted “Will you marry me?”
An image of his tweet on Twitter
A UC Berkeley journalism student James Karl Buck was fortunately released from Egyptian prison thanks to his Tweet “Arrested” on Tweeter. In April 2008, James traveled to Egypt to do some reports for a student project. However he was arrested in a riot taking place in Mahalla. After his followers received his Tweet, they asked legal help from the university that eventually led to his release.
James Buck could get himself out of jail thanks to his Twittering of the word “ARRESTED”
The first live and real-time tweet from space came from the International Space Station in early 2010 when astronaut Mike Massimino tweeted “Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! :) More soon, send your ?s”.
New software aboard the International Space Station has made it possible to tweet live from space
The Internet world was filled with anger when fashion designer Kenneth Cole used the heat of the riots in the Middle East and North Africa to advertise his new spring collection. He then tweeted “I apologize to everyone who was offended by my insensitive tweet about the situation in Egypt. I’ve dedicated my life to raising awareness about serious social issues, and in hindsight my attempt at humor regarding a nation liberating themselves against oppression was poorly timed and absolutely inappropriate. Kenneth Cole, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer.”
Perhaps, Kenneth Cole should know that it is not true if he benefited himself from “sensitive” social issues
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Most Historic Short Tweets that Shocked the World