20 Billion Tweets
A Japanese internet user has been officially declared the author of Twitter’s 20 billionth tweet:
The Twitter message was sent at 3:44pm GMT by “GGGGGGo_Lets_Go,” a graphic designer in Tokyo who works at an advertising agency, according to the user profile. The message was part of a conversation that appeared to be a comment about a third party that had come online and onto Twitter.
The precise meaning was difficult to translate due to lack of context, but the user’s reaction to having sent the 20 billionth Twitter message was much easier to understand.
“It looks like I posted the 20 billionth tweet. I’m getting replies from people all over the world. It’s scary. What are the chances? Maybe I’m going to die. Is it more amazing than winning the lottery? I thought it was a joke,” he said in another Twitter message moments later.
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