Woofer, a Twitter parody in 1400 signs no less

Sometimes, 140 characters isn't nearly enough.

That's the premise behind Woofer, a Web site recently launched by a couple of Washington-based friends.

Woofer, however, is really just a practical joke albeit a rather good one. Instead of the 140 charactars that Twitter offers with Woofer you get 1400 charactars. However the fun bit is that if you don't reach 1400 charactars it won't let you post.

Since Woofer went online on Aug. 14, about 11,000 people have posted wordy entries to the site, though many more have dropped by just to take a look.

The most popular post on there at the moment is called 'Four score and seven years' and is an inspiring segment of a speech from US President Abraham Lincoln.

[The Washington Post and TechDigest]

emily | 9:05 AM | Twitter |
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