Brizzly

{{Short description|Third-party digital interface}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Brizzly

| type = Social web reader{{cite web |url= http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/brizzly_adds_facebook.php |title= Brizzly Adds Facebook - Aims to be The Blogger.com of Social Media (2000 Invites Below!) |publisher= Readwriteweb.com |date= 2009-10-05 |accessdate= 2009-10-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091031062904/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/brizzly_adds_facebook.php |archive-date= 2009-10-31 |url-status= dead }}

| logo = Brizzly-bear.png

| logo_size = 100px

| screenshot =

| caption = The Brizzly logo, a bear wearing a bird costume, reminiscent of the bird closely related to Twitter.

| url = {{URL|http://brizzly.com/}}

| owner = Thing Labs

| author =

| language = English, German, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, French, Korean

| current_status = Available

| launch_date =

}}

Brizzly was a third-party Twitter and Facebook interface. It was unveiled at one of TechCrunch's events in 2009{{cite web |author=MG Siegler |url= https://techcrunch.com/2009/09/21/brizzly-faster-better-more-open/ |title=Brizzly: Faster, Better, More Open |publisher= Techcrunch.com |date=2009-09-21 |accessdate= 2009-10-27}} and was acquired by AOL in 2010.{{cite web |last=AOL |title=AOL acquires social software start up Thing Labs |url= http://corp.aol.com/2010/09/28/aol-acquires-social-software-start-up-thing-labs-inc/}}

Its features included allowing users to create lists to organize followers,{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/10/brizzly-a-twitter-reader-from-the-people-who-brought-you-google-reader/|title=Brizzly: A Twitter Reader From The People Who Brought You Google Reader|first=M. G.|last=Siegler|publisher=|accessdate=12 August 2016}} showing user the full in-line links from URL shortening services and showing photos from photo sharing services.{{cn|date=July 2021}} It was described as FriendFeed for Twitter.{{cite web |url=http://www.centernetworks.com/brizzly-making-twitter-more-like-friendfeed |title=Brizzly – Making Twitter More Like Friendfeed |publisher=CenterNetworks |accessdate=2009-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910075148/http://www.centernetworks.com/brizzly-making-twitter-more-like-friendfeed |archive-date=2009-09-10 |url-status=dead }}

On October 28, 2009, it released Facebook integration. On November 20, 2009, the Brizzly team announced that it was in open beta.{{cite web|url=http://blog.thinglabs.com/2009/11/20/brizzly-now-open-to-the-public/ |title=Brizzly now open to the public (and other big news) - Thing Labs, Inc. |publisher=Thing Labs, Inc. |date=2009-11-20 |accessdate=2009-11-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123070253/http://blog.thinglabs.com/2009/11/20/brizzly-now-open-to-the-public/ |archivedate=November 23, 2009 }}

On March 1, 2012, Brizzly announced it was shutting down at the end of the month in light of time commitments by developers to AIM-related work.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120303205832/http://blog.thinglabs.com/post/18566654313/brizzly-is-shutting-the-cave-door Brizzly is shutting the cave door]

On August 22, 2018, Co-Founder Jason Shellen announced Brizzly is back.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/21/hi-techcrunch-here-with-an-amazing-new-product-brizzly/|title = Hi, Techcrunch Here with an Amazing New Product, Brizzly}}