{"id":395,"date":"2009-08-11T18:02:48","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T22:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/?p=395"},"modified":"2009-08-11T18:02:48","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T22:02:48","slug":"the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of the Milestone Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-caption {width: 80% !important;}<\/style>\n<p>As my 500th tweet, I&#8217;d like to share some examples of milestone tweets. Everything you see are other folks #500th tweet from the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Britney Spears #500<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/twools\/statuses\/3245346772\">Oops, I tweeted again<\/a>:&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-396\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet.html\/picture-35\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"718\" height=\"476\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-35.png\" alt=\"@twools Tweet #500 - D&#039;oh!\" title=\"twools tweet #500\" style=\"width:98%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-35.png 718w, http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-35-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@twools Tweet #500 - D'oh!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The World&#8217;s Greatest Achievement #500<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Because <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/akashsablok\/statuses\/3251454192\">tweeting is a big deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-403\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet.html\/picture-36\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"718\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-36.png\" alt=\"@akashsablok Tweet #500 - Key to the City\" title=\"@akashsablok Tweet #500 - Key to the City\" style=\"width:98%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-36.png 718w, http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-36-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@akashsablok Tweet #500 - Key to the City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The Is Every Tweet This Exciting? #500<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You&#8217;d be amazed at the tweets that led up to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Effcom\/statuses\/3249361512\">this one<\/a>. (&#8220;Just wrote my 498 tweet,&#8221; &#8220;Just wrote my 499 tweet,&#8221; etc.):<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-404\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet.html\/picture-37\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"718\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-37.png\" alt=\"@Effcom Tweet #500 - Just captioned this image.\" title=\"@Effcom Tweet #500 - Just captioned this image.\" style=\"width:98%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-404\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-37.png 718w, http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-37-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@Effcom Tweet #500 - Just captioned this image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The Shameless Plug #500<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I do a lot of &#8220;marketing&#8221; on Twitter, too. But you should see some of the slides in that <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/vhf1S\">prezo<\/a>. Not <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/EricssonLabs\/statuses\/3247389967\">Tweet #500 worthy<\/a>, imho:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet.html\/picture-38\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"718\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-38.png\" alt=\"@EricssonLabs Tweet #500 - Slide 5 was when I closed the window.\" title=\"@EricssonLabs Tweet #500 - Slide 5 was when I closed the window.\" style=\"width:98%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-38.png 718w, http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-38-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@EricssonLabs Tweet #500 - Slide 5 was when I closed the window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The This Explains Twitter #500<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Shhh! No one is supposed to know <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristianTojil\/statuses\/3242529935\">this is what Twitter is for<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-406\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet.html\/picture-39\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-406\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"718\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-39.png\" alt=\"@ChristianTojil Tweet #500 - Twitter Explained\" title=\"@ChristianTojil Tweet #500 - Twitter Explained\" style=\"width:98%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-406\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-39.png 718w, http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-39-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@ChristianTojil Tweet #500 - Twitter Explained<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The Thanks To All The Little People Who Made This Possible #500<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Actually, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CrankThat_mate\/statuses\/3243178433\">this one<\/a> is really sweet. :)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-413\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet.html\/picture-40\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-413\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"718\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-40.png\" alt=\"@CrankThat_mate Tweet #500 - What are friends for?\" title=\"@CrankThat_mate Tweet #500 - What are friends for?\" style=\"width:98%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-40.png 718w, http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-40-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@CrankThat_mate Tweet #500 - What are friends for?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The Finally A Reason To Quit #500<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s a shame that the addiction will have to last to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ASecondOpinion0\/statuses\/3251971495\">another round number<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-414\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet.html\/picture-41\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-414\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"718\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-41.png\" alt=\"@ASecondOpinion0 Tweet #500 - That&#039;s it, I quit!\" title=\"@ASecondOpinion0 Tweet #500 - That&#039;s it, I quit!\" style=\"width:98%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-414\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-41.png 718w, http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-41-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@ASecondOpinion0 Tweet #500 - That's it, I quit!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The Because My Job As A Male Model Isn&#8217;t Working Out #500<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Yeah, I know, the background image is disturbing. Now you know how the Myspace crowd is dealing with Facebook&#8230; they&#8217;re <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vansome\/statuses\/3243874736\">taking out their frustrations on Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet.html\/picture-42\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-415\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"718\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-42.png\" alt=\"@Vansome Tweet #500 - The goggles, they do nothing!\" title=\"@Vansome Tweet #500 - The goggles, they do nothing!\" style=\"width:98%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-415\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-42.png 718w, http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-42-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@Vansome Tweet #500 - The goggles, they do nothing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And finally, if you think Town Hall meetings get violent, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TanujDua\/statuses\/3243858677\">imagine if this happened<\/a> to all the folks above?<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-416\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-art-of-the-milestone-tweet.html\/picture-43\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-416\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"718\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-43.png\" alt=\"@TanujDua Lost 500 Tweets - Seriously, the 7,039 tweets you still have prove that you know how to turn off caps lock.\" title=\"@TanujDua Lost 500 Tweets - Seriously, the 7,039 tweets you still have prove that you know how to turn off caps lock.\" style=\"width:98%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-416\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-43.png 718w, http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picture-43-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@TanujDua Lost 500 Tweets - Seriously, the 7,039 tweets you still have prove that you know how to turn off caps lock.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As my 500th tweet, I&#8217;d like to share some examples of milestone tweets. Everything you see are other folks #500th tweet from the last 24 hours. The Britney Spears #500 As in &#8220;Oops, I tweeted again:&#8221; The World&#8217;s Greatest Achievement #500 Because tweeting is a big deal. The Is Every Tweet This Exciting? #500 You&#8217;d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.whoisgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}