Twitterfall

{{Infobox website

| name = Twitterfall

| logo = Twitterfall Logo.png

| logo_size = 60px

| screenshot = Twitterfall - May 17, 2009.png

| screenshot_size = 220px

| caption = Screenshot of Twitterfall on May 17th, 2009

| url = http://www.twitterfall.com/

| commercial =

| type = Social networking, micro-blogging

| language = English

| registration = Using Twitter

| owner = Protane LLP

| author = David Somers & Tom Brearley

| launch_date = January 2009

| current_status = Discontinued

| revenue =

}}

Twitterfall was a UK-based website designed to allow users of the social networking site Twitter to view upcoming trends and patterns posted by users in the form of tweets. The project was founded by David Somers and Tom Brearley, computer science students at the University of York.[http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2009/twitterverse/ Making sense of the Twitterverse - News and events, The University of York]

In February 2009, it was revealed that the site was projected onto a wall at The Daily Telegraph to allow journalists there to view breaking news posted by users to Twitter.{{cite news | first=Laura | last=Oliver | title=Twitterfall makes it onto Telegraph newsroom screens | date=2009-02-25 | url =http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/02/25/twitterfall-makes-it-onto-telegraph-newsroom-screens/ | work =Journalism.co.uk | access-date = 2009-05-17 }}{{cite news|first=Charlotte |last=Hogarth-Jones |title=York duo's 'fun little project' grabs national attention |date=2009-03-10 |url=http://www.nouse.co.uk/2009/03/10/york-duo%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98fun-little-project%E2%80%99-grabs-national-attention/ |work=Nouse |access-date=2009-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311093637/http://www.nouse.co.uk/2009/03/10/york-duo%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98fun-little-project%E2%80%99-grabs-national-attention/ |archive-date=March 11, 2009 }} Twitterfall gained momentum in March after The Telegraph reported on the creation of the tool.{{cite news | first=Claudine | last=Beaumont | title=Twitterfall: a Google for the Twitterverse | date=2009-03-06 | url =https://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/twitter/4948275/Twitterfall-a-Google-for-the-Twitterverse.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090307231705/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/twitter/4948275/Twitterfall-a-Google-for-the-Twitterverse.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =2009-03-07 | work =The Daily Telegraph | access-date = 2009-05-17 }} However, the paper was criticised for including an unmoderated Twitterfall stream of budget news (using hashtags) on its site, which was subsequently abused by Twitter users.{{cite news | first=Mark | last=Tran | title= Twitterfall becomes TwitterFAIL for Telegraph's budget coverage | date=2009-04-21 | url =https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/21/telegraph-twitter-budget-twitterfall-embarrassment | work =The Guardian | access-date = 2009-05-23 }}

Twitterfall took advantage of Twitter's search trends (listed on the Twitter search page), which revealed topics that were most popular and discussed at that time. Twitter has become more and more important in news coverage, such as the US Airways plane crash-landing in the Hudson{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jkrums/status/1121915133 |title=Twitter / Janis Krums |access-date=2009-05-17 |last=Krums |first=Janis |date=2009-01-15 |publisher=Twitter | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091027140150/http://twitpic.com/135xa | archive-date = 2009-10-27| url-status=live}} and the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.{{cite news | first=Charles | last=Arthur | title= How Twitter and Flickr recorded the Mumbai terror attacks | date=2008-11-27 | url =https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/nov/27/mumbai-terror-attacks-twitter-flickr | work =The Guardian | access-date = 2009-05-17 }} In May 2009, ITV announced that they were taking advantage of Twitterfall on their site during the FA Cup Final.{{cite news|first=Ben |last=Ayers |title=ITV taps into social media for FA Cup Final |date=2009-05-22 |publisher=ITV |url=http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/Pressreleases/Programmepressreleases/ITVtapsintosocialmediaforFACupFinal/default.html |access-date=2009-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525195553/http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/Pressreleases/Programmepressreleases/ITVtapsintosocialmediaforFACupFinal/default.html |archive-date=May 25, 2009 }} During the Iran election protests of 2009, Twitterfall was used to follow the events as they unfolded.[http://psigrist.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/iran-elections-and-an-argument-for-making-twitter-sustainable/ Iran elections and an argument for making Twitter sustainable {{pipe}} No free lunch]

Twitterfall discontinued service January 29th, 2023