See The Twitterverse Through Fresh Eyes
TechCrunch, Monday, September 27, 2010 9:05 AM
Ever wondered how particular industry luminaries experience Twitter? Well, wonder no more. A new service named Twtroulette lets anyone obverse the preferred Twitter streams of industry leaders, influencers, and the like. Angel investor Shervin Pishevar collaborated with 15 year-old iTunes Instant creator Stephen Ou to create Twtroulette.com in about a week, according to TechCrunch. Pishevar was reportedly "intrigued by the experience of viewing a friend's Twitter timeline." Non-luminaries can volunteer their own timelines by adding themselves to the directory. "And, like Chatroulette, there's a random function so one can shuffle through profiles if they're feeling lucky," notes TechCrunch. Twitter used to offer a very similar feature, named "With Friends," which actually wasn't very popular with users. Still, according to Pishevar: "I had a friend who had it login into his account, so I could see it ... I was fascinated. I was seeing a view of the world curated by someone else that I couldn't see anywhere else."
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