Foller.me, Foller You
Mark Pannell | June 3, 2009The Concept
I recently had the opportunity to test drive another new app that gathers Twitter data. But this one is a little different. Foller.me, launched in beta on June 1st, is a service designed to provide detailed information about a specific Twitter user. According to the developer’s blog, Foller.me aims to take the guesswork out of deciding whether to follow back those who follow you. To do this, the IP simply asks you to enter any Twitter name into the text box. The service then utilizes data from that user’s last 200 tweets to generate a page displaying three tag clouds: Recent topics, #hashtags, and @mentions. The usual Twitter information is also displayed, including number of followers, number following, and total status updates. But in addition to the standard fare of bio and web address, Foller.me developer Konstantin Kovshenin also includes the user’s “tweeting since” date, a nice touch. Read the rest of this entry »



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