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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Favrd, a beloved Twitter favorites tracker, shuts down

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Favrd, a site created in 2008 by Dean Allen to track the funniest posts on Twitter, has shut down today. More than just a pointer in the direction of Twitter's most-favorited fart jokes, Favrd was the center of a vibrant community of wisecrackers. Its passing has been mourned in tweets and blogs by web luminaries including Jeffrey Zeldman.

Why did Dean decide to shut down Favrd? Well, it seems he felt that awarding and keeping track of stars on Twitter had become more of a self-indulgent ego trip than an indicator of quality content. "Alas, stars on Twitter have become mere take-out menus hung on the doors of other restaurants," he wrote in Favrd's farewell notice. Indeed, with the advent of more advanced sites like Favstar.fm (which even has a nice iPhone app now), more people are aware of the favorite function, and the worth of a star isn't what it used to be.

Farewell, Favrd, and thanks for all the laughs.

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