Tweets still must flow. One year ago, we posted “The Tweets Must Flow,” in which we said, The open exchange of information can have a positive global impact … almost every country in the world agrees that freedom of expression is a human right. Many countries also agree that freedom of expression carries with it responsibilities and has limits. As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression.
Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist there. Others are similar but, for historical or cultural reasons, restrict certain types of content, such as France or Germany, which ban pro-Nazi content. Until now, the only way we could take account of those countries’ limits was to remove content globally. We haven’t yet used this ability, but if and when we are required to withhold a Tweet in a specific country, we will attempt to let the user know, and we will clearly mark when the content has been withheld.
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In a move to increase the "consistency" of the user experience, Twitter wants more control over how its service is presented to users in all contexts. The announcement is a major blow to the third-party application developers who played a key role in popularizing Twitter's service. More significantly, it demonstrates the vulnerability of building a business on top of a Web platform that is controlled by a single vendor.
The situation highlights the importance of decentralization in building sustainable infrastructure for communication. The message was posted by Ryan Sarver, of Twitter's platform team. "We need to move to a less fragmented world, where every user can experience Twitter in a consistent way. Maxitweet. When 140 characters isn't enough. Hashtags - #p2. 5 Twitter Services and Applications to Bypass 140 Character Limit (Firefox extensions included) A lot of people I know are twitterholics and I believe the way things are going I might also become one of them. Some of the people have also started to use it as one medium where they can discuss or have a communication around social media because it’s usually the social media guys who you’d see making most noise on Twitter or for that matter friendfeed.
In these situations one often feels the need of 140 character limit annoying. I dugg for some twitter based application and services which can bypass the 140 character limit or shorten your messages on twitter. TinyPaste is TinyURL for text. Twitzer is a Firefox extension which shortens your long twitter messages. 140it is another similar web service where you can shrink your tweets but it uses less effective approach by removing the extra spaces and turning well-embodied words into sound-similar but grammatically absurd clones. HOW TO: Create Groups for Twitter. One of the most demanded features for Twitter has been the ability to create groups, allowing members to focus on different sets of people they're following. For example, you could create groups for all of your fantasy league friends, colleagues at work, friends in real life, family members, and so on. Because Twitter still does not provide any group feature, it has opened the floodgates for countless third party solutions.
There are many different ways Twitter members can create virtual groups. Here is a roundup of some of the most popular methods employed today. Have another method to tell us about? Let us know more in the comments. Third Party Services TweetWorks - My favorite of the bunch because it's so quick and easy to setup a group.
TwitTangle - You don't just create groups on this service but also tag and rate your friends which helps you filter your timeline any way you want. Twitter Clients twhirl - Another wildly popular Twitter client that also includes support for Friendfeed. 30+ More Ways to Create Twitter Groups. Earlier this year we showed you how to create groups for Twitter. While the post is still a valuable resource, we've definitely seen a few new tools pop up that are also worth a look. When it comes to Twitter groups, you're probably either interested in ways to communicate with a distinct set of users, or following a group of tweets based on Twitterer, topic, or hashtag.
We've identified and separated out the web, desktop, and mobile apps that help you satisfy the group function of your choosing. Participate in Public or Private Twitter Groups If you're looking to create Twitter groups that allow for public or private communication between multiple Twitterers, you've definitely got a few choices. Twitter4Groups: The most basic of the bunch. GroupTweet: If communicating privately with a select group of Twitter individuals is your goal, than GroupTweet is your platform.
Tweetworks: Another great group site for public or private groups. Apps to Form People or Hashtags Groups. Share Lists of Twitter Users | TweepML. Twitter, algorithms, crowdsourcing used to spot truthiness. A few years back, a certain late night host popularized a word that may or may not be in your dictionary: truthiness. Stephen Colbert was referring to what has become a very effective political tool, namely, statements that many people will accept as true because they feel right, even if they have no basis in reality. A small cottage industry has since sprung up to evaluate the amount of truth that exists in a potentially truthy statement (Politifact is probably the best example).
Now, a bunch of academics at Indiana are attempting to use a combination of crowd-sourcing, Twitter, and automated text and network analysis to bring instances of political truthiness out into the open. The team has set up a site, Truthy.indiana.edu, to show off and explain the system. Twitter also offers APIs for access to the content flowing through its system, and the Truthy site will be using this feed to obtain raw material for its analysis. The final test is perhaps the most interesting.