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First impressions mean a lot. This includes Twitter, where the first tweet is immortalized in perpetuity. For example, here is the first tweet from

Note: excluded first tweets that were replies/retweets.

On one hand, it's nice to give friends a shoutout. On the other hand, this is a bland first tweet.

Tweet from @Mikkelboedker: Going back to Arizona tomorrow. Excited.
It's always good to be excited to go back to work (even if it was the Coyotes).

Jersey Shore? Come on, Brenden.

Getting those two points should be the first thought for everyone.

Negative points for waiting four months to tweet. Positive points for admitting his mistake. #yikes

We can't believe it either, Logan.

Dropping Jay-Z lyrics in your first tweet is an easy way to put yourself in the top five.

Get traded to the Sharks, start a Twitter account. Pretty good reason to start one.

The first tweet is everything you'd expect from the Captain: salutation, while acknowledging fellow tweeters. But the second tweet… Let's just say Pavelski would have weaseled his way to the top spot too if that was his first tweet.

Tomas Hertl.

You can't do much better than that.