# Which historical figures would you like to see on social media? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-figures-would-you-like-to-see-on-social-media/992775 "2023-11-07T19:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-figures-would-you-like-to-see-on-social-media/992775/21 "2023-11-09T03:44:58Z")
Jesus and the apostles. I suspect that their day-to-day reports won’t exactly tie out to the biblical accounts of the same events. Perhaps it will teach modern day Christians to be a bit more open minded about the reliability of the bible. Sir Isaac Newton. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-figures-would-you-like-to-see-on-social-media/992775/22 "2023-11-09T11:44:34Z")
Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-figures-would-you-like-to-see-on-social-media/992775/23 "2023-11-09T11:53:24Z")
Thought of a couple more - John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ is a wonderfully gossipy compilation of curious and amusing facts, and [Antony Weldon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weldon), or whoever was the author of scabrous memoirs of court politics and scandals in the run-up to the Civil Wars, which are just the sort of thing you get on social media. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-figures-would-you-like-to-see-on-social-media/992775/24 "2023-11-09T11:56:13Z")
Mozart would get banned fairly quickly for harassing women and extreme profanity. But he’d be fun for the duration. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-figures-would-you-like-to-see-on-social-media/992775/25 "2023-11-09T13:42:52Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Nostradamus. Bullshit in, bullshit out, perfect for social media He would have been even better on Usenet. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-figures-would-you-like-to-see-on-social-media/992775/26 "2023-11-09T16:50:04Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > Jesus and the apostles. Google won’t translate Aramaic. eta. I’d prefer God posting. We could get some real-time smiting! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-figures-would-you-like-to-see-on-social-media/992775/27 "2023-11-09T17:33:15Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Oscar Wilde. _“His Majesty is like Bat Piss.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-figures-would-you-like-to-see-on-social-media/992775/28 "2023-11-13T17:53:31Z")
We used to have one of [those](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diogenes_the_cynic/activity) around here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-figures-would-you-like-to-see-on-social-media/992775.md?page=1)