TwitterCounter - Wikipedia

Twitter Counter was an analytics service for Twitter, that ceased operations on November 5, 2018. It used to provide statistics of Twitter usage, ... TwitterCounter FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch TwitterCounterwasananalyticsserviceforTwitter,thatceasedoperationsonNovember5,2018.ItusedtoprovidestatisticsofTwitterusage,andalsoofferedavarietyofwidgetsandbuttonsthatpeoplecouldaddtotheirblogs,websitesorsocialnetworkprofilestoshowrecentTwittervisitorsandnumberoffollowers. Contents 1History 2Acquisitions 3Issuesandcontroversies 4References History[edit] TwitterCounterstartedasaselffundedstartupbasedinAmsterdam,NetherlandsonJune12,2008.[1]ItisathirdpartyapplicationandtheTwitternameislicensedfromTwitter,Inc. Acquisitions[edit] TheservicehasreceivedsomeattentioninthepastforacquiringQwitter[2]andTwitaholic,[3]acompetingcompany. Issuesandcontroversies[edit] In2017TwitterCounterwasheldresponsibleforbeinghackedbyTurkishhackers,usingtheservicetoadvertiseforayesintheTurkishconstitutionalreferendum.ThehackerspostedtweetswiththehashtagsnazialmanyaandnazihollandafromTwitteraccountsofprominentuserswhohadgrantedTwitterCounteraccesstotheirTwitteraccounts.[4] TwitterCountertookitsserviceofflinefollowingthathackandlaterblockedanyoptionforactionstobetakenbyitsusersuntilanexhaustiveexternalinvestigationandauditwereperformedonthecompany'supgradedsecuritymeasuresbyFox-IToftheNRCGroup.ThoseauditorsfoundthatsuchabuseofTwitterCounter'sservicewashighlyunlikelyfollowingthecyber-securityrelatedworkthecompanyhasputin. References[edit] ^Ernst-Jan,Pfauth(June12,2008)."Twittercounter:FeedburnerforTwitter".TheNextWeb. ^Robin,Wauters(April20,2011)."RememberQwitter?TheyWereJustAcquiredByTwitterCounterFor$11,111".Techcrunch. ^Schroeder,Stan(February4,2011)."TwitterCounterAcquiresPopularTwitterStatsProviderTwitaholic".Mashable. ^"Türkei:HackerschmähenDeutschlandunddieNiederlandeaufTwitter".ZeitOnline(inGerman).15March2017.Retrieved17March2017. Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TwitterCounter&oldid=898341769" Categories:Internetpropertiesestablishedin2008TwitterservicesandapplicationsHiddencategories:CS1German-languagesources(de) Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages Addlinks