I should note, this isn't my project, but my professor's (I've worked on other projects with him). He's blogged about the background of the project here:
I might be just a tad biased, but I really do think this is a great project. Twitter obviously wants to make discovery easier on their site (by suggesting users, making it easy to search for friends), but they fall short when it comes to helping members of language communities connect.
1 comment
[ 607 ms ] story [ 407 ms ] threadhttp://indigenoustweets.blogspot.com/2011/03/welcomefailte.h...
and I've blogged independently about it on my site:
http://mschade.me/indigenous-tweets-true-worldwide-twitter-d...
I might be just a tad biased, but I really do think this is a great project. Twitter obviously wants to make discovery easier on their site (by suggesting users, making it easy to search for friends), but they fall short when it comes to helping members of language communities connect.