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URL | Favstar.fm |
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Launched | July 2009[1] |
Favstar (also known as favstar.fm) was an online service that tracked Twitter use. Favstar used an API to rank Tweets by popularity according to metrics like Favorites and Retweets.[2]
Favstar shut down on June 19, 2018, after the API that it relied on was deprecated.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Favstar.fm Makes The Twitter "Favorite" Less Of An Unwanted Step-Child". TechCrunch. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ^ "Favstar.fm - Frequently Asked Questions and Answers". Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ Favstar says it will shut down June 19 as a result of Twitter’s API changes for data streams