TweetMixx is Pretty Cool, Makes Twitter a More Practical RSS Replacment
Many people have said that Twitter will ultimately replace RSS as the standard for content syndication. It’s even more simple than “really simple syndication” for which RSS is an acronym. However, you can probably agree, that, while Twitter offers a great platform for sharing content with followers, there is currently no good way to view your followers tweets with emphasis on the shared links.
Enter TweetMixx, a new service from Mixx.com that closely resembles Tweetmeme but with more attention on content that is shared with you—posted by your followers. I don’t think TweetMixx will replace Tweetmeme as far as retweeting goes, but it certainly offers potential in that it provides a great way for you to read your tweets.
More and more websites and blogs are posting to Twitter as an alternative to RSS feeds. When you subscribe to one of these websites, you will most likely get frequent tweets containing the title and a shortened link to the full article. This is an awesome way to easily stay up to date on all the latest news. However, it isn’t really the best way to skim through your “stream” to get news quickly. You will probably be distracted by your other followers who aren’t sharing anything. Also, not everyone includes the title along with their link so TweetMixx can be very helpful.
Tweets from TechCrunch, NYTimes and ABC News as shown on Twitter.com
What TweetMixx does is scan through the tweets and look for links which it then analyzes. It displays a stream of shared links that can function like an RSS feed. It ends up looking a lot like Tweetmeme. But, the difference is the fact that the links are coming from sources that you have subscribed to.
Another cool feature is the ability to view links from trending topics. For me, Twitter’s trending topics have become a great source of news. I actual found out about Michael Jackson’s death because of a trending topic. So, the “Hot Topics” section on TweetMixx aims to build on this concept.
For example, AT&T is a trending topic because of their recent (and stupid) decision to block 4chan.org.
AT&T in TweetMixx
Anyway, they still have some bugs to work out but it’s already looking like a pretty cool product.
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