Twiddict: methadon for Twitter addicts

Written on 9th June 2008                                                                                                              3 COMMENTS
Ernst-Jan Pfauth, editor in chief

@robinwauters, @tomklaasen, @tijs, and @atog are Twitter addicts. So every time there’s “something technically wrong” on their beloved microblogging service, their world crashes into them. Basically a cold turkey is awaiting these guys every single damn day, over and over again. They HAD to find a solution, as their dealers Evan Williams and Biz Stone haven’t proved to be very helpful so far. So they used the last strength in their Twitter-tortured bodies to find a way to cope with this destructive life style. Well, in the end, these junkies found one and – self-conscious as they are – called it Twiddict.

One of the addicts used a probably stolen laptop to email me some background about Twiddict:

The way it works, is pretty straightforward: users can log in to their Twitter account and use Twiddict to keep sending their messages as they are used to. Twiddict then continuously pings the Twitter API to see if it’s up again, and routes the stored messages back as soon as it’s stable.

To see it in action, go to Twiddict and log in with your Twitter account details. Don’t worry, these guys are “maniacally protective of users’ data”. Sure, like you take an addict’s word for granted.