People are sharing their reasons for joining Twitter and they range from the sublime to the ridiculous – our 27 favourites
There are probably nearly as many reasons for using social media as there are people, so when someone started the hashtag #WhyIJoinedTwitter, it resulted in a brilliant stream of tweets, from bitingly sarcastic and funny to incredibly touching.
These are our 27 favourites.
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My mother joined facebook #WhyIJoinedTwitter
— MFBeMasked (@stamishinc) August 1, 2018
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#WhyIJoinedTwitter Because people in my real life weren’t enraging me enough.
— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) August 1, 2018
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Because I needed someone with a car profile picture to tell me to eat shit and die every time I gave my opinion. #WhyIJoinedTwitter
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) August 1, 2018
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https://twitter.com/SpillerOfTea/status/1024702637021847553
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https://twitter.com/andylassner/status/1024677554052128768
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For the mental health benefits. #WhyIJoinedTwitter
— comedycentral (@ComedyCentral) August 1, 2018
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#WhyIJoinedTwitter: it's a long story… pic.twitter.com/rxNFzP7DtQ
— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) August 1, 2018
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#WhyIJoinedTwitter
I used to pay a team of homeless people to roam the streets, yelling my opinions into the faces of strangers, and interrupting their conversations to correct their grammar, and all the time I was thinking, “there has to be a better way…"— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) August 1, 2018
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https://twitter.com/Catvibes1234/status/1024717910516723712
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https://twitter.com/lilj_x/status/1024905532241367040
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Because I couldn't get strangers to drive to my house and scream in my face that I was wrong and stupid.#WhyIJoinedTwitter
— Elayne Animals & Comedy Boosler (@ElayneBoosler) August 1, 2018
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Grammar lessons and relationship advice… #WhyIJoinedTwitter
— Rishabh Sharma (@im_srishabh21) August 1, 2018
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I had some spare time I could fritter
Attempting to make people titter,
Reporting our times
In limerick rhymes –
That's pretty much #WhyIJoinedTwitter— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) August 1, 2018