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Don't Have Time for Twitter? Get Ready for Flutter

by Warren Riddle on April 8, 2009 at 06:20 AM



Twitter is the latest craze sweeping the online social networking scene, a magical place where short attention spans and narcissism are the norm. Celebrities and politicians have hopped on the microblogging bandwagon, and they're revealing the tedium of their lives in 140-character-or-less messages known as "tweets." With all these squares jumping on board, we all know that it's time for us to look for something newer, cooler, more instantly gratifying, and more concise.

Enter Flutter, a "nano-blogging" site where members update the minutiae of their lives in 26-character-or-less messages known as "flaps" (because birds flap "faster than a regular bird tweets").

Alright, the idea laid out in the video is actually a parody, but can it really be that far off? As the humorous video says, Internet fads grow "old and irrelevant" quickly, forcing early adopters to constantly search for the next big thing. So, what's next, according to the filmmakers, after people lose interest in Flutter? They propose "Shutter" (or is that "Shudder?"), a site which will broadcast 10-character-or-less messages, sans vowels, straight to your brain. Satire, or a visionary glimpse into the future? Check out the video -- if you can pay attention for an entire 3:30 minutes -- and decide for yourself. [From SearchEngineWatch.com]


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