
Personal attacks, bigotry, fighting words and otherwise shitty behavior will be removed and may result in a ban. We enforce a standard of common decency and civility here.Includes Facebook, Google+, or otherwise.Įxtensions, software, or other content which requires a download to use.

Websites that require a login or email address.

Sites that pose a potential security risk. Online stores, paid services, or sites which serve only to sell a specific product. Sites that serve a political agenda or otherwise induce drama Static images, gifs, animations that serve the same purpose of gifs or collections of either. Something not unique (includes generators, blogs, tumblrs, etc.) Something everyone on the internet already knows about (e.g., Netflix, Khan Academy, etc.) What NOT to post (detailed explanations can be found here): “You’d be surprised how expressive a single serif can be,†says -, founder of Pitter.Minimal or beautifully designed websites.Īwesome websites that offer a unique service. That is, Pitter limits posts—or “pitsâ€â€”to only a portion of a character. “I have never seen complicated economic issues expressed so simply yet cogently.â€Īlas, the popularity of Nitter may itself be short-lived, as a new start-up called Pitter is seeking support for its new “picoblogging†service. I mean, that was beautiful and brilliant,†says &, another popular Nitter. “I mean, after the Administration announced its latest plan, he nitted ‘z’. A top Nitter is g, who attracted thousands of followers thanks to his trenchant commentary on the government’s economic stimulus plan.

Common expressions like lol, k, btw, and many others have already removed much of the complexity, nuance, and useless beauty of the English language, so it was really just a logical next step to reduce all communication to a single character.†Indeed, Nitter users pride themselves on being able to boil down complex thoughts to one letter.

“The advent of instant and text messaging has paved the way for an abbreviated way of communicating. The primary challenge, according to Nitter president j, was deconstructing the English language, but he admits that a lot of that groundwork has already been laid. Twitter, the popular microblogging Web site that lets users post messages in discrete “tweets†of 140 characters or less is seeing its site traffic fall off abruptly as users move to Nitter, a new “nanoblogging†site that limits posts—or “nitsâ€â€”to a single character.
