Twistori
If you ever wanted to know what the Internet’s collective consciousness is thinking, look no further than Twistori. It takes a stream of Twitter posts, filters them for phrases like “I believe” or “I love,” and delivers them to you.
Interestingness: A surprising number of the “I hate” tweets* are complaints about feeling obligated to update the poster’s status.
* This word bothers me. I have an odd attitude toward the evolution of language. Linguistic changes that occurred in the past are fascinating, but current changes are annoying and vaguely threatening. I am an old man. Hey you kids, get off my web log.
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