{"id":285,"date":"2009-12-08T00:27:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T05:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullstopinteractive.com\/blog\/?p=285"},"modified":"2011-02-07T16:12:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T21:12:55","slug":"here-they-come-to-snuff-the-rooster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullstopinteractive.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/here-they-come-to-snuff-the-rooster\/","title":{"rendered":"Here They Come to Snuff The Rooster."},"content":{"rendered":"

O<\/span>ver the weekend, Dean Allen<\/a> unexpectedly killed his survival-of-the-funniest Twitter curation site Favrd<\/a> with a glib, abrupt, and profane announcement. The nugget:<\/p>\n

There are still lots of clever and funny things to read every day, but finding these is no longer a challenge \u2013 you already follow your sources. Sites like this one now serve mainly as fuel for emotional up-fuckedness in the guise of a game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although I never had much luck with Favrd\u2014my most favorited tweets only gathered a handful of stars, the majority coming from fellow Pittsburgher\u00a0Jason Logue<\/a>\u2014it undoubtedly sharpened my game. Competing for laughs with the likes of Tim Siedell<\/a>, Jason Sweeney<\/a>, and Dan Wineman<\/a> will have that effect. But while Favrd’s rising tide raised all tweets, it also created the conditions that ultimately forced its demise. What started as a daily bulletin board for Twitter’s funniest quickly mutated into a destination for shameless ego-boosting. This is not a new concept, Favrd just made it quantifiable.<\/p>\n

Since I come not only to bury Favrd, but also to praise it, Favrd had another unintended consequence: people became friends. They didn’t “friend” each other, mind you. They became real-life, meatspace friends<\/a>. And out of this accidental syndicate came tweetups, collaborations, and iPhone apps. It also spawned two, uh, “short films”: SeoulBrother’s two-fisted eff-you<\/a> to John Gruber and\u00a0Skyward<\/a>, Geoff Barnes’ “We Are The World” to the tweet incubator app, Birdhouse<\/a>\u2014not to mention Birdhouse itself. Not a bad legacy (your move, Favstar<\/a>).<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for a proper eulogy, I’m hardly the person to deliver it. Besides, there are plenty<\/a> out<\/a> there<\/a> already<\/a>. But I can’t say I’m not gonna miss it.\u00a0Favrd is dead. Long live Favrd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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