Just for Fun Twitter Tools
Enhance Your Tweeting Experience with Free Services and Applications
Apr 5, 2009
Whether a newbie or novice, enhance your tweeting experience with the following entertaining and just for fun Twitter tools, services and applications.
Twitter, the popular micro-blogging site, is used for many purposes. Some people tweet to stay in touch with family and friends while others use the site for business, self-promotion and marketing purposes. But Twitter can also be entertaining and loads of fun.
There are many third-party applications and services that are readily available for Twitter users. The following websites provide a wide variety of entertaining and just for fun Twitter tools and applications at no cost.
Just for Fun Twitter Tools:
- SecretTweet – Similar to a popular website, Secret Tweet allows users to share secrets on Twitter, totally anonymously. Currently, more than 10,000 people follow Secret Tweet on a regular basis. Contributing to Secret Tweet is as simple as typing a tweet - no identifying information is required. And who knows? It could just be liberating and exhilarating to share that deep dark secret with complete strangers.
- CelebWitter - Everyone is Twittering these days, including celebrities. For those who love to follow the daily escapades of the rich and famous, CelebWitter may be just the ticket. Actual tweets from famous celebrities have been verified by the celebrity or a representative to be real. Whether a movie buff or fan of television, stop by CelebWitter to see what the rich and famous are tweeting about.
- Twoof Doof – Twoof Doof is a fun service that allows Twitter users to play online games with other users and compare scores in an instant. Register to play all sorts of classic games including Mahjong, Bozzle and Solitaire. Twoof Doof requires Adobe Flash.
- TwitterTagProject – This service is reminiscent of the popular game Tag. To play, select a favorite Twitter friend and send them one of five pre-made messages, including “Tag, you’re it!” Once the message has been received, the recipient tags a fellow follower and the game continues.
- Twitt(url)y - Twitt(url)y allows users to see what others are tweeting and retweeting about. Track the latest trends and see what people are linking to in an instant.
- Phweet – Send and receive free conference calls in real time with friends and loved ones online, on a SIP phone or mobile device with Phweet. While this application can be used just for fun, it can also be used for other purposes as well. To start, sign in using the Twitter username and password. Invite a fellow Twitter friend or follower and type a personal message. The service creates a unique URL, sends it to the recipient along with the personalized message. When the shortened URL is accessed by the recipient, a message asks users whether to accept the call or not. Once the conference call is over, the unique URL expires. Flash is required.
- TweetWasters – According to the website, TweetWasters is “completely useless.” This fun application calculates how much time a person wastes on Twitter. The service also includes a Hall of Fame and a WordPress plugin.
Twitter Weather Tools:
- ClimaTweet - Once a user signs up, this application sends daily weather updates to user’s Twitter account. To sign up, just enter the Twitter username and select a geographical location. Information is available in either Fahrenheit or Celsius formats.
- Tweeterology - Tweeterology is another handy weather application for Twitter users. Tweeterology scours and scans Twitter for weather related tweets for a location specified by the user. Tweeterology is a “weather related search engine for Twitter.” Some new features are expected soon.
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