Twitter: easy to love, easy to clone. The first startup a young, aspiring web developer might want to try and build will probably be some version of Twitter, which can clearly be seen from all the local/regional Twitter clones we're encountering every day. Some are awful, but some are quite good; we bring you a small sampling of what's out there in the world of Twitter clones!
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http://twitter.com/Kristen_Nicole
twitter.com/franticnews (Stan)
Feecle.jp - A Japanese site that has the same basic premise as Twitter, but, as with most things Japanese, it has a very different design aesthetic.
Frazr.com - A German/French Twitter clone. While it does have a bit of a resemblance to Twitter, it does serve up some original Ajax in the form of word balloons coming out of the members on the front page as you hover.
Komoo.cn - Is "Komoo" Chinese for "Twitter"? It sure looks like Twitter. A white halo around the name, those weird blue blue bubbles on the background. Unfortunately, by the end of this text you'll see that this kind of blatant plagiarism is a common occurence.
Numpa.nl - Numpa differs from Twitter design-wise, but it has the same basic feel. The fact that someone went berserk with a Web 2.0 button maker doesn't help, though.
Oseflol.com - Well, what can you say about this site from France? At least they changed the color of the blue background and logo? Awfully kind of them.
Robisz.pl - This clone hails from Poland, and beyond a few color changes, it's pretty much an exact copy. Too bad they went with such poor colors.
