Favstar (also known as favstar.fm) was an online service that tracked
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...
use. Favstar used an
API
An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how ...
to rank Tweets by popularity according to metrics like Favorites and Retweets.
''Favstar'' shut down on June 19, 2018, after the API that it relied on was deprecated. A similar service was launched shortly after with LikeFluence.
As of May 2023, their homepage says "Favstar is coming back, for Mastodon, soon."
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LikeFluence
Twitter services and applications
Internet properties established in 2009
Internet properties disestablished in 2018
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