2014 marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' coming out party in America, including their went-down-in-history performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. So it’s only normal for a millennial to ask herself, “What would Beatlemania have looked like on Twitter?”

The One Direction fandom immediately came to mind. Not only are they known for having one of the most powerful lobbying groups on Twitter. They also share many similarities to the Beatles in the early years–they’re a boy band, young, British, have screaming teenage fans and produce alarmed bystanders. So here goes my vision for #Beatlemania, based largely on historical Beatles events and a whole lot of amazing #directioner tweets:

1. Is there such a thing as a worthless celebrity picture?

The Beatles’ first photographer, Albert Marrion, actually threw out many frames because the boys kept goofing off. This is all but unthinkable today, when this picture has over 888,000 “likes” and counting.

Also: Almost all fan tweets and responses are based on real One Direction fan tweets, partially because I could never come up with such creative phrasing. They also echo what critic Barbara Ehrenreich said of Beatlemania: “Teenage girls were still expected to be paragons of purity. ‘To abandon control – to scream, faint, dash about in mobs – was, in form if not in conscious intent, to protest the sexual repressiveness’.” She hits the nail on the head 50 years later.

2. Ringo Starr?

Back in 1962 local Liverpudlians were known to have made up the chant “Ringo never, Pete Best Forever” when the band decided to swap the handsome drummer for Ringo. I can reeeallyy see that hashtag catching on.

3. American Support

Paul McCartney and the other Beatles were actually shocked when they were welcomed to the US by thousands of fans, but I suspect with twitter campaigns and tweets of support they would have expected a lot of love in America.

4. Tweeting pictures of fans on the George Washington Bridge

Ringo (the Niall of the group) loved to take photos, famously snapping this one on the way in to New York City when the Beatles arrived in the US. Although it took a nationwide hunt to find these class-skipping teens at the time, their twitter feeds would probably have been blasted within minutes if Ringo had uploaded his pic to the web.

Also: Fans really did beg The Beatles to “please stay” on that fateful day.

5. Reactions to Ed Sullivan

We are now very familiar with the phenomenon that is The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. So I give you one possible Twitter reaction offered up to me by the ever-innovative 1D fandom:

6. Buzzfeed-ified Beatles

And the inevitable BuzzFeed listicle that would go viral the following day is……

7. Birthday tweets would blow up Twitter

When George Harrison turned 21 soon after the storied performance, he was flooded with over 30,000 birthday cards. Which I think translates into 5 gazillion of today’s tweets.

8. Fanfics

When you switch out Harry Styles for the first Beatle to have passed away, this tweet is still silly but it’s also kind of poignant.

9. Magical Moments

Of course most tweets would have helped us remember how magical the Beatles were.

10. There would have been infinite listicles about their hair

Birthdays would have been affairs to remember. This BuzzFeed listicle for Zayn includes a parallel to the Beatles’ iconic hairstyles that is almost too perfect.

11. Get ready for #AHDN

The Beatles’ first movie, “A Hard Days Night,” would invariably have been known as #AHDN on Twitter. Here, a couple of 1D fans help us imagine the twitter possibilities.

12. BBC faux pas causes fans to freak out

As Niall fans know, bad things happen at the worst possible time. When Ringo Starr got sick during the band’s first World Tour, he had to get his tonsils removed. In a hilarious mistake that the BBC would have never lived down today, the announcer accidentally said “toenails” instead of “tonsils.” Lest you think I exaggerate, fans actually flooded the hospital with calls to make sure that Ringo’s toes were okay.

13. Not such a “Dark Horse”

George Harrison became known as the “Dark Horse” because his visibility within the band only increased in the later years. But he would have been able to count on his fandoms to defend him. Because seriously how could you only like ¾? It’s not the Fab Three.

14. Selfies

I can only hope that if The Beatles had Twitter, and maybe a little Instagram, more glorious selfies like this one would be floating around today.

15. The Beatles’ would have had Twitter game

The Beatles were known for their quick comebacks and witty jabs during press conferences (like this one). I’m pretty sure they would have had killer Twitter game.

16. #GodSaveTheBeatles

The Beatles being named Members of the British Empire (MBE’s) would have been the Twitter talk of the day. And fans already had their hashtag ready to go #godsavethebeatles.

Also: Am I the only one who finds that this twitter response to when Harry met the Queen adorable?

17. McLennon Shippers?

Who knows what kind of unexpected ships would have emerged as predecessors to today’s #LarryShippers…

18. Parents just don’t understand

Ultimately, fans in 1964 weren’t all too different from fans in 2014. They looked to music when no one else understood them.

19. Twitter as escapism

They kept track of others’ lives when they preferred not to linger on their own lives. And can we all just collectively retweet this and change the “2” to “50”?

20. Fandoms can save lives

As silly as it may sound to ask this of Harry Styles right now, I wonder how many lives John Lennon actually saved.

21. Twitter is for fandoms

I could go on forever about why I think the Beatle fandom would have found its home on Twitter, but I think these 1D –based tweets say it all.

You can follow me on Twitter at @amndsl.