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Since Twitter decided to take care of the frequent outages that used to plague its servers, I’ve actually started using it here and there. It’s a nice service, and definitely has useful applications. You’ve only got to look as far as sites like NowPublic and Twubble to see how the API can be put to good use.

However, there are a mountain of applications feeding off it and they’re not all contenders for Best in Show. These five definitely are, but only if it’s a show dedicated to sucking at Twitter API use.

Twitemperature
Finally, a service that can tell you how hot or cold you are on Twitter. Does anyone actually need this? I suppose there are people that think Twitter is like a web 2.0 popularity contest, but can’t you look at your follower total and figure this out yourself?

I’d also like to know how their script works. Their “hottest” tweeter has 55 followers. The crowd has spoken, and 55 < hot. Also, his level of hotness is referred to as “volcanic” and features a picture of a guy holding Tabasco – arguably one of the least-hot hot sauces you can buy.

And no, I’m not just bitter because I’m only a few degrees above freezing.

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