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When has Twitter Jumped the Shark?

Bacon. It really IS meat candy: http://bit.ly/9b5CX8less than a minute ago via webKevin Dugan
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When the launch of a simple Twitter function like embedding Tweets get news coverage, I have to laugh and wonder when has Twitter jumped the shark? 

This is less an observation about Twitter and more an observation of the social media industry. It's funny to watch social media sites go mainstream. It's a great sign of success when early adopters start crafting titles like "Twitter is Dead" or "When has Twitter Jumped the Shark**" Oh, wait, never mind.

It reminds me to point you to a post from Todd Defren detailing the benefits of being a fast follower vs. an early adopter. 

**Jumping the Shark does not mean end of story of course. Even Happy Days still had a few seasons left in it after Fonzi coined the phrase. And it launched the career of Ted McGinley arguably.

UPDATE: The Tweet embed code is for Wordpress. It flusters Typepad. So it looks all jank.

5 Twitter Visualizer Tools

When it comes to visual vs. audio, I always say "seeing is believing."

I'm a visual learner, which is why I created a Toolkit on oneforty highlighting Five Twitter Visualizer Tools.

Curating Twitter
For a brief period of time, I tried tracking some of the more well-known Twitter tools using a Google Doc. I stopped this futile effort when the list numbered 100. Luckily, around the same time, oneforty launched.

oneforty tracks Twitter applications for everything from profile analysis, ranking and sentiment analysis to measuring influence, network analysis and directories. This in and of itself underscores the value of an Open API.

In addition to helping track all of these applications, oneforty makes it easy to learn more about them. oneforty categorizes them and, through Toolkits like mine, allows users to curate the various sites into helpful lists.

Like minded folks including Steve Rubel, Brian Solis and David Armano have created toolkits around their topics of choice. But there is a wide variety of lists focusing on music, non-profits, startups and more. Check it out and create your own.

Related: 
17 Ways to Visualize the Twitter Universe: Flowing Data  
Visualizing Twitter: Harvard Business Review  
6 Unique Twitter Visualizations: Mashable

Semi-Related:
Everything You Need to Know About Twitter: Business Insider