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Now with fewer errors!

March 29, 2012 – 11:38 am

Okay, so the new prototype is fun and all, but what about the main service? It needed some love, too, right? It’s okay, we know — lots of yucky “Server Error” messages. We reconfigured things on the web server a while back, and yes, we admit, we didn’t get everything set up the way we [...]

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What’s new with Twitual?

March 27, 2012 – 10:44 am

You thought we were dead, didn’t you? Just another abandoned ghost service, floating along in the Internet like a mysteriously vacant boat in the Bermuda Triangle. Nope! Still here! If you haven’t heard already, there’s a new prototype in the works (no, really — you can check out the Twitual prototype). It is very bare-bones [...]

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Not Dead Yet

June 15, 2011 – 6:30 pm

No, really. We’re actually working on new stuff! A new version of Twitual is in the works. And when I say new, I mean new. Twitual 2.0 is being built completely from scratch, using the very latest cool web toys tools. It will be completely dynamic — no more waiting and waiting and waiting for [...]

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Bugs fixed, limit raised

March 7, 2009 – 4:24 pm

After the initial public announcement of Twitual, things took off pretty well. Unfortunately, we discovered a sporadic bug that was causing us to sometimes get into a never-ending loop requesting information from Twitter, and resulting in “Twitter Overload” errors on our site. We’ve identified and corrected that problem, so if you were having trouble before, [...]

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Welcome to Twitual!

March 4, 2009 – 4:50 pm

Welcome to Twitual, a service which explores the intersection and differences between your Twitter friends and followers. Which of your friends follow you back? Which ones don’t? Who is following you that you aren’t following back? We can show you. The service is currently in ‘alpha’ status, which means that it is still in an [...]

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