A couple of points regarding the article;

• the chart is US only. How come everytime Facebook traffic is measure its global then Twitter is US only.
• Would be more interesting to see global trends
• As many social media/tech watchers have pointed out. Twitter is protocol-like in the sense that a LOT of apps and website access it thru their API, those traffic are not accounted for
• The chart is a more accurate metric for measuring new users in the US which is stagnating.

A more salient point is how the new Retweet, List and stability has failed to impact growth in the US. I am willing to bet that API firehose open to all, localizations and more creative apps like our http://twidl.it will be better drivers of long-term user growth.

Starting now, every release will be named with words in alphabetical in order. Birdwatch is being rolled out right now. It will be followed by Coolio (dashboard and community page polish). Unto the new stuff for Birdwatch;

• NEW: WEBCAM snaps are in! its like Dailybooth.com but on top of Twitter!
• NEW: profile photos are in! from dashboard - click on ‘My page’ then click on “change profile photo”
• NEW: front page(duh). its a day old design so I have no clue if its good in the morning. but we are bleeding edge that way. :)
• IMPROVEMENT: refined logo! gradients are out, twitter logo cloning is in!
• NEW: community page is live but don’t look! she is naked.
• NEW: The following pages are up but have not given a 2nd pass - whytwidl, terms of services, privacy, aboutus.
• IMPROVEMENT: Dashboard has been refined further but has most of its panels not working.
• NEW: help message system is in place. should reduce the learning curve by 10 degrees.
• NEW: POST A PHOTO secret mode- just leave the tweetbox blank to just upload a photo without tweeting.
• IMPROVEMENT - next and previous buttons for easy browsing.
• IMPROVEMENT - more twidls from user now showing the 2 previous and 2 next twidls.
• FIXED - duplicate @mention if owner comments on own twidl.
• FIXED - long comments now showing in new activities
• IMPROVEMENTS - larger medium thumbnails
• FIXED - webkit browser css glitches.

Phew! Please try our web app and give us feedback so that we may inject more kickasser in it. Thanks!

Very nice!

eypurir:

Twitter Avatars set

We have decided to roll all the new updates into 1 big major update that will include the following new stuff;

• snap a webcam photo
• profile photo (the initial static version)
• help messages
• toolbar tweaks
• new front page!
• dashboard improvements
• community section
• fave a twidl (think bookmark + subscribe to twidl updates)
• like a twidl (think facebook’s like)
• browser compatibility fixes

should be ready around the weekend.

Snap a photo from webcam feature is almost done along with the dashboard flow. Lots of things in the dashboard are not functional but we will push them out anyway cause we are gung-ho that way.

Updates will be rolled out shortly

Migration Complete! We are very sorry for the very short downtime. But we are now on a new hosting company on more powerful servers.

Let me tell you the story of why we migrated — Just before Christmas, we won a LIFETIME! free cloud hosting over at PowerVPS courtesy of Jason Calacanis’ show - This Week in Startups. (If you are interested in being an tech entrepreneur its a must watch web show.)

Anyway, we were hosted over at VPS.net for our cloud hosting but as much as we were satisfied with them, we had to migrate to the new servers (since its free forever). So we once again employed the services of Somerset Tech Solutions for the migration. And as expected they provided the server setup in record time! IF you run a startup and want to focus on building your product and not on learning system admin stuff, HIRE THESE GUYS!

So, we are back. Harder, better, faster, stronger and with the new front page next week, prettier too!

Downtime scheduled in about 7-8 hours from this post’s time. We are moving cloud hosting servers. New update after the move, just bugfixes and small tweaks. :D

The New Year starts with a big bang! version 0.7 of Twidl.it is done. Tons of new stuff.

1. New logo - less edgy more cuddly! Twitter inspired font plus the Twidl icon now in top billing right above the letter I.
2. New layout - lots of white makes you feel like your up in the clouds. Rightly so since Twidl.it lets your tweets fly to new heights!
3. Dashboard - Still a work-in-progress but is now future proof for all the cool stuff heading your way. :)
4. Twidler page - the twild user page now sports a humongous (empty) profile pic. Why? because it will be ALL about YOU. Once we have coded in the stuff to let you upload your pretty face in it you will be very pleased by a surprise feature.
5. Import From URL -  You can now use photos or images already uploaded somewhere else just by pasting the URL. To get URL of images on Facebook just right-click and choose Copy Image Location (firefox) or Copy Image URL (chrome) then paste into the text field.
6. Zoom Photo Button - Take a closer look at an image/photo with this (magnifying glass) button found underneath a twidl.
7. Comment section redux - makes you want to comment to death.
8. Reply-to list in the comments - this will list the users present in the comment thread and reply to a particular person. The default is the owner of the twidl.
9. More twidls from user block a.k.a. the MTFU is now online on every twidl page.
10. TAGS! - the 1st version of tags is now ready. Type in tags to organize your twidl and make them appear along with other twidls with the same tags.
11. recent tags are listed on the front page along with recent users and twidls.
12. 1st pass on compatibility with Webkit based browsers such as Google Chrome and Safari. We are aware of some glitches and we are on the case.
13. Popup now fixed in Internet Explorer browsers (switch already! you laggards. :)
14. inactive buttons and subtle clues on what will be functional in the near future, namely;

• fave button
• reTwidl
• report violation button
• snap a photo on webcam
• profile photos
• image source
• twidl Score
• preference page
• welcome messages
• editor improvements

Thanks to the people using Twidl.it and giving us great feedback. We hope to get to version 0.8 soon and make your Twitter experience more colorful and creative. 2010 is looking good!

updates to the inner sections of Twidl.it in the next hour. The release note is long. :D