Jul 28 2010Don't Cry, Fail Whale: World's Oldest Twitter User Passes Away At Ripe Old Age Of 104
Seen here using a remarkably small font for a 400-year old, Ivy Bean, the world's oldest Twitter user, has passed away. Her tweets, and old-lady aroma, will be missed.
From the two-story care home where she lived in the northern English city of Bradford, 104-year-old Ivy Bean would tell her nearly 57,000 Twitter followers around the world what she did each day -- from eating fish and chips to sitting in the garden.
Bean's online activity drew headlines in recent years because of her age, and she had been called the world's oldest Twitter user, though that is difficult to verify. She became a member of Facebook at age 102, but she quickly migrated to Twitter because it was easier, she said, and because she could have more followers.She had maxed out her friend limit on Facebook. Earlier this year, Bean tweeted that she had 25,000 pending friend requests.
Wait -- WHAT?! This ol' lady had 25,000 Facebook friend requests and I have to sell my ass on the street like a f***ing hotdog vendor to get you to join the Geekologie Facebook page? WHAT DOES SHE HAVE THAT I DON'T?! Style and grace? Okay what else? Dentures? Pfft -- you think I won't knock all my teeth out?! Somebody gimme an ice-skate, I'm about to 'Cast Away' this shit.
R.I.P. Ivy
Ivy Bean, 'world's oldest Twitter user,' dead at 104 [cnn]
and
The Geekologie Facebook Page, WHICH YOU WILL JOIN
Thanks to DC_Dewd, who may or may not have cybered with her at some point (he says he did).
Reader Comments
1. Dick - July 28, 2010 7:15 PM
FIRST!
2. CCCPZ - July 28, 2010 7:16 PM
yo know that moma was hitech, päjs!
3. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - July 28, 2010 7:16 PM
@1 You are what you eat..... dick
4. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - July 28, 2010 7:18 PM
Awwwww, cast away this shit.... thats makin my teeth hurt just thinking about it.... its like the scene from American History X.... ouch
Q: What do old people smell like?
A: Depends
5. Beau Chevassus - July 28, 2010 7:19 PM
Maaaan. I want to be old so when I do normal stuff I'll be instantly famous.
But srsly, my hat is off to this magnificent woman...
6. rad the the power of me - July 28, 2010 7:23 PM
@4 nice
I'd hit it.... just sayin'
what, she's dead? soooo, would you not?
7. yuuuup - July 28, 2010 7:51 PM
"Cast Away' this shit." HAHAHAHAHA OMG So funny!!!
8. Wizard - July 28, 2010 8:01 PM
8rdfd
9. Mr. Sausage - July 28, 2010 8:02 PM
Old!
10. Ku Foo Klan - July 28, 2010 8:18 PM
MAKKUKANAWU?
11. AJ - July 28, 2010 8:20 PM
R.I.P Ivy, I once read one of your tweets. You were sweet and naive to the wonders of the Internet, :(
12. naas=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ ̿̿ ٩(๏̯͡๏)۶ <- you - July 28, 2010 8:24 PM
twitter.... when useless information suddenly meant something
twitter..... don't you feel important doing the usual nothing every day?
twitter..... because myspace & facebook just weren't enough
13. Cup-O-Jesus - July 28, 2010 8:56 PM
Ivy wants me to tell all of you that she never actually sent any tweets. She used to sprinkle bird seed on her keyboard and her budgie simon would peck at the keys randomly. With all that she still managed to be more coherent than Ashton Kutcher.
And Michael Jackson is still dead.
14. Bobby - July 28, 2010 9:25 PM
Come on man.. Old lady smell? A little unnecessarily mean spirited. Leave that crap for the comment toilet. It'll show up on its own.
15. Thumperchica - July 28, 2010 9:38 PM
At least they have the interwebz in teh old folks home... Glad she didn't shy away from the technology.
16. zakree - July 29, 2010 12:09 AM
@14 gimme a break, grow a pair and man up, its all about entertainment.
Although I don't tweet I woulda followed this woman, aged roast beef aside I think its pretty cool.
17. Richard McBeef, PhD - July 29, 2010 12:11 AM
Striking down old people is twitter's only legitimate purpose.
18. jack - July 29, 2010 3:34 AM
RIP Ivy, that said...sooo... this geekologie face book..is it real??
19. Jaja - July 29, 2010 7:58 AM
Facebook is just no...
Go out and talk to your friends if you want to...
20. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - July 29, 2010 8:38 AM
@18 Geekologie on facebook..... or somethin
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Geekologie/27290042596?ref=ts
21. Snoop - July 29, 2010 10:38 AM
Twitter...Twitter
22. kek - July 29, 2010 10:58 AM
Grandma looks like birthay dog !
23. Shelbon - July 29, 2010 1:46 PM
@18 yes it is. I just became a fan a few days ago. you should as well
24. oddone - July 29, 2010 1:53 PM
R.I.P. whoever i dint get years to knew, 104...i can beat that just w8 101 more years! anyone wanna compete? facebook, why not fanbook, thats most of its use(include gameing)
25. John - July 31, 2010 2:24 AM
I wonder if before she tweeted "I'm dyingggg..." before she pass away