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Giving Twitter a Break: A Look at the Alternatives to Twitter

Source: ReadWriteWeb

May 25, 2008

Summary

With all the frustration, confusion, and support going towards Twitter this week, a break from Twitter might be just want the doctor ordered. This weekend users have been asking for alternatives to Twitter. In this post we answer that question in a variety of ways. Here's a look at several alternatives to Twitter both online and offline, that will help reduce Twitter's stress levels and temporarily minimize user frustrations.

Online

Here's a brief look into the services that you've recommended to us as alternatives to Twitter:

Pownce

Pownce is a great micro-blogging tool with added functionality that Twitter misses. Extra features include sharing links, files, or events and the added ability to group usersany or all of his/her contacts. You can easily add links to your profiles on other networks, add IM profiles, and also websites. You can even change your Pownce theme. See our in-depth review of Pownce for more details.

Jaiku

Jaiku is another micro-blogging tool and great alternative to Twitter. The functionality of Jaiku is similar to Twitter and Pownce, includ

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Comments (5)

Uebermuedet,

May 26, 2008

read it, try it, forward it

Andyroberts,

May 26, 2008

Friendfeed

http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/05/26/friendfeed-for-microblogging-screencast-video

Brendayoung,

May 26, 2008

Twitter outages are causing people to check for backups / alternatives or maybe to wait patiently and stay.

M Barger,

May 27, 2008

Looks like Pownce is 'twitter with any thing we can think to add, and Jaiku is 'the love child of Twitter and Facebook'. Twitter has something real going for it, just undiscovered at this point.