Twister
Dublin Core
Title
Twister
Subject
Social media; Cell phones; Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks); Open source software
Description
Twister is a peer-to-peer microblogging service that can run on mobile devices or on desktop computers. Twister was created by computer scientist Miguel Freitas after the Free Pass movement in Brazil.
Creator
Miguel Freitas
Source
http://twister.net.co/
Date
2015
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Identifier
http://twister.net.co/
Collection Items
Twister | Initial Page
After installing Twister on a desktop computer, this is the first screen the user sees. The page contains the user name and avatar, number of posts, followers, and who the user is following, and the top trending tags. It does let you know that you…
Twister | Following
On this screen, the user can decide how to follow another Twister user. There are two methods: publicly follow and privately. Public following is visible to any Twister user; private following is not.
Twister | Promoted Posts
Because Twister is a peer-to-peer system, it relies on clients' computers to power the network. This is done on a volunteer basis, since doing so is CPU-intensive. In exchange for generating blocks, users can post advertisements, or "Promoted Posts."