Twitoaster
Type of site | Twitter web application |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Arnaud Meunier |
| Created by | Arnaud Meunier |
| URL | twitoaster |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | Early 2009 |
| Current status | Inactive |
Twitoaster was a Twitter web application that threaded and archived users' conversations in real time. It was often used by journalists, bloggers or companies who need to collect, organize and keep a track of their Twitter mentions.
History
The service started in early 2009 as an experimental tool to help its creator, Arnaud Meunier, by efficiently handling his Twitter conversations. It was then quickly brought to
In September 2009, Mashable and Microsoft Bizspark showcase Twitoaster as a promising new software company in their Spark of Genius series: The combination of search, archiving, analytics and visual way of better following conversation threads makes Twitoaster a great tool for any Twitter user’s toolbox.[3]
It was announced[4] that on March 20, 2011, the service would be shut down leaving only read access to the website active.
Description
Twitoaster groups replies and retweets with the tweets that inspired them, displaying
Twitoaster also provides an open API that allows third party application (websites, widgets...) to use its data and services.[5] For example, the Twitter Comments wordpress plugin uses the Twitoaster API to give Blog's readers the possibility to send comments via Twitter.
References
- ^ "Twitoaster: Threading, Analyzing and Searching Twitter". ReadWriteWeb. 2009-05-20. Archived from the original on 2010-01-14.
- ^ Pogue, David (2009-08-27). "Tools for Twitter". the New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ^ "Twitoaster Threads, Archives, and Analyzes Tweets". Mashable. 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Time to unplug the toaster: Twitoaster shutting down". Twitoaster. 2011-03-18. Archived from the original on 2011-03-20.
- ^ "Twitoaster Opens Up API to Devs". GigaOM. 2009-10-08. Archived from the original on 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2010-01-12.