Twitter Alternatives

We love Twitter. As a matter of fact it is indeed the telegraph system of the 21st century and adds value to the web. But there are some interesting alternatives too.

Jaiku

Jaiku is another micro-blogging tool and great alternative to Twitter. The functionality of Jaiku is similar to Twitter and Pownce, including the ability to import RSS feeds into your stream. Unlike Pownce, you cannot message files to other users. Another downside was that the service had been invite only since Google acquired it in October 2007 but things seem to have changed since then.

Friendfeed

FriendFeed is a social aggregator rather than a microblogging tool. However, backed with a strong and growing community, users can post to their FriendFeed lifestream just like on Twitter in addition to importing RSS feeds and various content shared on other social networks. Recently the service has added “rooms”, which can function like groups and restrict certain messages or items to a select group of individuals.

Brightkite

Brightkite is a mobile social network that extends Twitter-like functionality to its users. Essentially, users can update the service via their mobile phone and post location statuses along with a note or an image of their choice. Unlike the other alternate services, there’s no simple way to reply to another user.

tumblr.

Tumblr is a very clean, slick micro-blogging platform. Its focus is on simplicity and elegance. Similar to Pownce, users can share a variety of things, including text, photos, quotes, links, chats, or even videos.

Hictu

Hictu is a service for video microbloggers. A webcam and a mouse-click are all that is needed to create a videopost. This streamlined solution saves time and effort for traditional vloggers.

MoodMill

Moodmill is a way to express your mood or current state of being. A sliding scale facilitates this process, while a quick text update completes the personalized service.

Identi.ca

Identi.ca is a micro-blogging service based on the Free Software StatusNet tool.
If you register for an account, you can post small (140 chars or less) text notices about yourself, where you are, what you’re doing, or practically anything you want. You can also subscribe to the notices of your friends, or other people you’re interested in, and follow them on the Web or in an RSS feed.

Yonkly

Yonkly allows anyone to create a microblog about anything.
While Twitter requires users to update their friends with the question, “What are you doing right now?”
Yonkly gives the user freedom to ask and answer any question, as well as customize many other features of the Yonkly microblogging platform.

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