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Honest question: Why?

Why are you attempting to make a Twitter clone? (I'm genuinely curious)

I think that is exactly the question to be asking. Of course the other question to ask is whats up with the horrible unprofessional looking logo?

It's a Laconica install. This is pointless. It's like saying, "Checkout my StackOverflow clone" and then linking to a phpBB install.

Here's a twitter clone idea you can steal:

a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: Why are you attempting to make a Twitter clone (today)?

Sounds like Yammer.com, which is Twitter aimed at internal business teams.

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