if they go by the layout they show they are soooooo gonna get sued by twitter. also with the name.

lol, first thing I thought.

i think this is incredible

minus the similar name to twitter and layout as someone already mentioned.

the concept is great and potential to go mainstream is big but getting sued/owned by twitter is risky

I guess that depends on whether people start using Twister. If people are using it, then advertisers will want to get the promoted messages and will start mining pools (or pay other people to make mining pools). If nobody is using Twister, then nobody will care about the promoted messages and nobody will make pools.

Is there a way to bridge between Twitter and Twister? What I mean is, if I make an account on Twister, would it be possible to follow people who post on Twitter?

Why are messages limited to only 140 characters? Does this limitation also apply to direct messages?

if this happens unsystem will invest resources to continue developing it under the same name keeping the same layout.

Twister looks freaking badass

Is there anyway to invest into twister?

my twister ids: @genjix @darkwallet

Potential PR coup: It would be interesting to automate the gateway in a UI click friendly way. Make it 2-way, then if/when Twitter cancels the accounts of the Twitter-side gateway, the Twister side can still operate (albeit with functional Twitter accounts).

Then, Twitter look like censors, and Twister look all heroic and stuff.

Change the name though. Seriously. Look how unpractical it is to discuss them along side each other, the similarity is actually not a good idea.

this is more elegant than retroshare. retroshare is lets put everything here. twister is next generation.

maybe you can specify some of these problems? i've been emailing the author, and he's a very competent coder.