Favrd - Twitter with none of the "webcock"

Believe us when we say that we know you're sick of hearing about Twitter, but there's a good reason it's one of Download Squad's favorite toys. We often find out about new software on Twitter before it gets blogged anywhere else, and the readers reap all the benefits. And did we mention that some people's Twitter streams are flat-out hilarious? Favrd, a new service from Dean Allen, will help you find some of the best. It keeps track of which posts people are marking as favorites, so you only have to read the good stuff.

Dean also uses a mysterious algorithm to filter out "webcock," a term he coined to describe "online-marketing, web-strategy, killer-startup cheerleaders/water-carriers." This is sure to offend some people, but it keeps the focus of Favrd on people who use Twitter to entertain. To put it another way, a way that probably wouldn't make it past Dean's algorithm, Favrd is crowdsourcing comedy, and everybody wins.

Tags: favorites, favrd, funny, twitter