Monday, April 6, 2009
Viral Video: Forget Twitter, Google–How About Acquiring Nanoblogger Flutter?
On Friday, amid all the hoopla around acquisition rumors swirling around Twitter, Slate put out a very funny spoof on a fictional new service called Flutter.
The online magazine’s mockumentary about a nanoblogging service is definitely more amusing than contemplating the fate of the real-life microblogging service.
It’s mascot, of course, is a hummingbird and its 26-character messages are called “flaps.”
Here’s one heck of a rumor: BoomTown is in “late-stage” discussions to buy it.





