NicklasDean Allen saw where social media were going even before they all tied likes to the algorithm and why it's good that favourites don't matter except to the people receiving and handing them out.
"There are still lots of clever and funny things to read every day, but finding these is no longer a challenge – you already follow your sources. Sites like this one now serve mainly as fuel for emotional up-fuckedness in the guise of a game."
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Favrd Shuts Down - Not Twitter's Last Laugh (Thank you, Textism)
Favrd, a site which aggregated the most popular starred tweets, has closed down. The site was a favorite of Twitter humorists, people who use Twitter mainly to express their wit. Favrd was the first of its kind to repurpose Twitter favorites (stars) into an aggregation site, where users could see who had "faved" their tweets, view tweets with 3…