A sure sign that Twitter is regaining good health: the third-party applications are returning. TweetScan, for example, sent me my first email summary of a few tracked words in almost a month. And we are still getting new ones. Welcome, TwitScoop.
FriendFeed-ing Frenzy
It has been a rough stretch for Twitter. Despite another influx of funding, continued downtime and issues with terms of service policies served as a final straw from some members of the community. Where Twitter seems to have held off Jaiku and Pownce, it is an uber-aggregator of microcontent—FriendFeed—that has become the destination of choice among disgruntled twitterers.