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New Competing Twitter Product-- Bitter
Posted by ThriftShopRomantic • 6/24/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: satire, spoof, tweet, twitter
Did you hear about the new Twitter competitor? Yes- Bitter is the very first social media venue made specifically for obsession about minutia and overt complaining:
www.cabbagesnkings.net/2009/06/bitter-twitter-for-disgruntled.html
"When Life Bites... Bite Back with Bitter." 
(Bitter is in no way affiliated with Twitter-- or actually real.)
So-- would you use Bitter?
Or have you ever had to Unfollow someone on Twitter because they've Tweeted too much, or about too much minutia?
I actually ended up Unfollowing an author I had admired because he was Tweeting 20 Tweets at a time, and all of them about "going to Target" or "eating a sandwich."
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Lol! Just Target and sandwhiches? Wow! That's boring! I probably wouldn't use bitter. I don't complain much. I tend to be pretty laid back but when I do complain I can be an itchy bee.-
It was pretty much just logistics-- "I'm going here now" and then laments about really small things that didn't even try to find the funny.
I'd just gotten the impression that his life was so unfullfilling he had to look for things to complain about. -
I would unfollow too. Though, me and my oddball self, I always worry about qwitter finding out and the message getting through. I think I have an issue w/ not wanting to hurt feelings.
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I did kinda feel like I was betraying him in some way. I mean, I own one of his books which is really well-done and funny.
But the incessant Tweeting was like a never-ending Woody Allen movie minus the attempt at humor.
My sanity dictated I Unfollow. -
Lol! Better to unfollow than to have to admit yourself in a mental institution.
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Made specifically for complaining? That is right up my alley. I'd definitely sign up for such a service. -
Heh, maybe you can beta test.
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I guess there's a market for everything -
I think you're onto something here. What about a gay version called Glitter where you have to say something fabulous in 140 characters or less or one for people who are easily discouraged called Quitter where you do have the option of 140 characters but most people don't bother and give up after about 12 characters.-
Ah, you're behind the times, Aardvark- the Qwitter is already taken for a real-and-for-true service: tracking folks who Unfollow you off Twitter.
Glitter would be high-pressure-- I mean fabulous AND succinct?-- but could have a serious future. -
Damn! You see this is because I don't Twitter that I am so far behind the times!
I am too busy working on my rival to Twitter which is for fans of unleavened bread, I'm calling it Pitta. -
Probably going to be very busy around Greek Food Festival times.
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Well as long as it does better than my diarrhoea based one I will be happy (I'm sure you can guess what I called that one.)
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Titled for the place most of these threads end up.
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Myspace Glitter Graphics Maker
I know I'm late but I had to wait for the graphic. -
Well there ya go-- they have a logo to start 'em off. Thanks, Shirley!
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Wow! Fabulous!! Shiley eye for the Queer guy!
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Had a few gay friends "You're Fabulous!" was a favorite phrase. Usually it was accompanied by a hand gesture and mention of "bling, bling baby."
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I think I would be a big fan of 'bitter' -- Hilarious article, TSR.-
Hey, thanks, Melinda!
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Jenn,
Your post about Bitter was really humorous and probably would be a good resource for those people who just like to complain, whine, vent, and otherwise cleanse themselves of their bitterness.-
Just doing my part to try to help the Online World...
(cough)
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I think "Bitter" is a great idea! (although, it kinda sounds like the BlogCatalog discussion forum restricted to 140 characters)
I would also like to see the following:
Skitter: for creepy crab-like people that move on all-fours.
Fritter: for people that spend all their money on a whim.
Blitter: for people that obliterate anything that gets in their way.
Kitter: for cats.
Litter: for bitter cats.
Fitter: for the garment industry.
Titter: for traveling business men near airports.
Zitter: for the Proactiv crowd.
Mitter: for previous winners of the Golden Glove Award.
Sitter: for teenage girls looking for $10 per hour.
...okay, I'll stop now. -
Well, fer pete's sake-- get to WORK, Rooster and stop giving away all of your valuable intellectual property!
Right NOW there are likely developers looking at your post and registering domain names...
(shakes head)
Humor bloggers these days... never plan ahead.
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Thought I recognised that avatar! Hi!
I have a few people that I follow that for some bizzare reason seem to have certain tweets on some sort of automated repeat every day script.
I does get annoying seeing the same tweets over and over again so I'll probably unfollow but pity because I enjoy their normal tweets.
A lesson for all of us there?
Personally I never try to tweet the same thing twice (how good of me)...
Jonathan-
Hi there!
So no... um... repeet-tweets, eh? Repweets?
I'd also read a recent media analysis group's article talking about how the magic number of tweets per day seems to be five over the course of a day.
Not too many to annoy. Not too little to lose touch. And make all of them say something of value. -
Ah yes, like the "Today's Twitterscope" online horoscope tweet. Midnight GMT, whether they're logged in or not! -
5 is the magic number? Sounds about right. Trouble is sometimes I have more that 5 observations to make.... I'm so confused now.... aaargghhh - Thanks Thrifty.
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@thriftshopromantic
I"m a fan of your cabbages and kings and think you may like the following video.
Flutter: The New Twitter
As Twitter-mania reaches new levels, Slate V presents a mockumentary about a company that wants to take microblogging to the next level.
nanoblogging www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s-
Niiice. Look out, world, 26 letter Flaps await!
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Damn, that makes my ideas for rival microblogging sites "Twaddle" and "BrainFart" totally redundant. I'll have to reposition as "Twddl" and "BrnFrt"! Damn, now I've done it! What about my IP? THIS IS ALL COPYRIGHT! ;>
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BarnFort?... BurnFrite?
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Ha! Twas a great post Jenn.
Has anyone suggested shitter? For those toilet related tweets? or the tweets that are just shit?
Also love the linked within thingywhatsits it looks great, so I stoled it -
Anin already beat you to Shitter... I bet you're really surprised about that, right?
And yup, the Linked Within widget is really fun-- and is effective, too. I've seen a number of folks click through to related posts, which is terrific. Hope it helps you out, too. -
I hate the pink donkeh.
I think it looks cool, especially with the graphics that you use in your posts. -
It should work like that with your doodles, too.
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It does! How cool
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Yep-- that worked out really well. Nice extra way to showcase your artwork.
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There are whole cultures that communicate through different levels of sarcasm, so I'm guessing Bitter would be right up their alleys -
So maybe Bitter can have special regional groups to join.
I guess there could also be Bitter Rivalries, where groups compete to see who can out-Bite the others.
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I unfollow a lot of people when they constantly tweet minutia. As for bitter, I do my fair share of complaining I guess, but generally I try to keep negativity out of my day. One of my favorite quotes is "You're either part of the problem or part of the solution." Complainers generally don't look for solutions. If they found them, they'd have nothing to complain about.-
Heh, then they'd be like TheMime on Twitter-- he's got thousands of followers and Tweets nothing.
Because, y'know... mime.
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Tweeting 20 Tweets at a time, and all of them about "going to Target" or "eating a sandwich." doesn't phase me .. because I do not use twitter that way
(that way = sitting looking at the computer and watching public messages scroll down the screen)
I know sometimes it is annoying trying to follow both sides of a conversation by clicking on the user and seeing the tweets ... and on the first one, you see the fifth comment from 2 days ago .. then click on the next user and you have 50 comments before the end of 4 hours ago - that is annoying. yes.-
Yes, I can see where getting fragments of lengthy tweeted conversations you're not directly involved in would be a pain.
It's probably a good idea to just DM the person at that point.
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ahh i geddit bcuz bitter iz liek twitter, amirite?
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!
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