One year later, Twitter parody site Woofer hits 2 billion characters

One year ago a tongue-in-cheek alternative to Twitter appeared with the audacious goal of convincing users to tweet in 1,400 characters or more.  

Woofer, as the site is called, never really caught on the way Twitter did. But perhaps what is most amazing is that some people actually still use it. Woofer posts, all tallied together, have exceeded 2 billion characters.

The opposite of Twitter: new site requires 1,400-character minimum

Woofer requires each “woof” to include a minimum of 1,400 characters, whereas Twitter limits each tweet to just 140.

As the folks behind Woofer advise, “Be eloquent. Use adverbs. DEA (don’t ever abbreviate).” But they’re also pretty brief about their affiliation, or lack thereof, with Twitter, saying “We are in no way associated with Twitter.”

After one year, Woofer users have posted about 24,800 “woofs” for a total character count of 2.36 billion. That’s approximately 95,000 characters per tweet, 68 times more than necessary to meet the 1,400-character minimum.

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