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A decade ago today, a brand new website called Twitter invited us to cram our thoughts into tiny text boxes and then share them with the world.

In the 10 years since founder Jack Dorsey tweeted the words “just setting up my twttr” we've seen celebrities, politicians and ordinary people join together to unleash billions and billions of 140 character missives.

Twitter has helped to spark the Arab Spring, been used to live tweet the raid of Osama bin Laden's complex and even granted us an un-edifying glimpse into Puff Daddy's tantric sex life.

But while there's no doubt the social network has inspired, provoked and entertained - it's also annoyed in equal measure.

To mark the tenth anniversary of the world-changing microblogging service, we've decided to produce an index of irritation to name and shame some of the most irritating Twitter accounts.

You can vote on the person you find the most annoying and have your say in the comments section.

So, in no particular order, here are 10 of the biggest twits on Twitter.

David Cameron

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If we were being honest, we'd admit that big DC was the man who inspired this article, courtesy of his famous "too many tweets make a twat" comment.

Despite an initial reluctance to join the angry world of 140 character discourse, the PM has taken to Twitter with aplomb by following an escort agency and proudly announcing that "income equality has gone down since I've been PM".

We're sorry to tell you this Dave, but too many of your tweets make us titter.

Kanye West

Some would question Kanye's claims to be the world's "greatest living artist", but there's no denying his twittish credentials.

He uses Twitter like a public confession booth, giving us an insight into the bizarre world of a celeb who jogs in designer trousers, tweets "positive energy whilst sitting in the bathroom" and thinks his wife Kim is the "modern day everything".

But despite the fact Kanye is the best value celeb on social media, he still didn't manage to talk Mark Zuckerberg into handing him $1billion during a recent Twitter rant.

Zoella

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There's nothing more annoying than happiness - and there's no-one happier than YouTube star Zoella.

She's worth millions of quid, shares a lovely gaff in Brighton with her perfect boyfriend, and her 4.4 million Twitter followers love her enough to start up the hashtag #ZoeMakesUsSmile to share reasons why they adore her.

All of which is bound to be pretty irritating to the other 60 million jealous souls in the UK.

Gerry Adams

Back in the day, Gerry Adams was regarded as an enemy of the British state, meaning his words were overdubbed by an actor every time he appeared on the news.

But now he's found his voice on Twitter, the Sinn Fein leader has told the world that he dreams about Cadbury's Creme Eggs, enjoys the company of a rubber duck and lies in bed with "nothing on but my onsey, 2 blankets, 1 duvet, bed socks & my favourite quilt".

Adams may have said farewell to arms, but he subsequently managed to say hello to ridicule.

Donald Trump

We'd find Trump hilarious, if he weren't trying to become President of the most powerful country in the world.

After overcoming his wealthy background to become a super rich business magnate, The Trump used Twitter to tell us that global warming is a Chinese conspiracy and warn us that it's not really cool to keep referring to him as "F**kface Von Clownstick".

He even sparked the hashtag #TrumpShowUsYourPenis, prompting inevitable jokes questioning whether Trump has already shown us he's nuts.

Milo Yiannopoulos

He started as a British tech journalist, but the man who tweets under the name @nero has now become a global social media superstar and figurehead of the American alt-right.

To his feminist enemies, he's the antichrist come down to Earth; to his legions of fans he's quite literally the second coming of man, battling the "social justice warriors" of the left.

Love him or hate him, there's no missing the naked ambition of the bottle-blonde firebrand who describes himself as a "fabulous super villain".

Anita Sarkeesian

The sworn enemy of Milo (see above) and his online army, Anita made her name telling the world that it's basically a sexist cesspit run for the benefit of men.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, her diatribes about "misogyny" in computer games made her a target of the #GamerGate movement, which objects to feminist-led attempts to make the video games industry less blokey.

Her tweets about "toxic masculinity" were met with truly poisonous responses, including rape and death threats - none of which have resulted in any real world attacks at the time of writing.

Gwyneth Paltrow

She's the actress who'd rather "smoke crack than eat cheese from a tin" and delights in using social media to tell us all about her astonishing life of wealth and glamour.

Gwynnie consciously uncoupled from her husband Chris Martin, delights in steaming her vagina and runs a blog called Goop which extols the benefits of £72 toilet paper.

All of which makes reading Miss Paltrow's Twitter feed as pleasurable as enduring one of the high end bikini waxes she keeps banging on about.

Russell Brand

He's the hairy messiah whose thirst for revolution is matched only by a appetite for sexual conquest which has seen him sleep with up to 1,000 women.

On Twitter, this Bae Guevara called on his acolytes to rock the establishment by "nicking a truffle off effin Ramsay", before confusingly ordering them to "love the police".

He's even started his own alternative news service called The Trews, whilst reportedly riling the traditional press enough for one very prominent BBC journalist to label the comedian "a sanctimonious t**t".

Katie Hopkins

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When Donald Trump takes to Twitter to praise you as a "respected columnist", you're probably doing something pretty bad.

Hopkins' social media career has seen her question whether a chubbier-than-normal Kelly Clarkson had "eaten all of her backing singers" and slam parents for choosing not to abort a child born with microhydranencephaly.

She's clearly trained at the same charm school as the the ever graceful Mr Trump.