Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be more Twitter tools, yet another Twitter mashup has crashed the party. The latest application to hit the scene is Twitscoop, a site where you can see the hottest conversation topics that are buzzing around Twitter at any given moment.
Twitscoop, created by the self-funded startup Lollicode, uses an automated algorithim to scan hundreds of tweets per minute, and in the form of a tag cloud, posts to the site the words that are being used most frequently. Hot words are displayed in bold and even hotter words are displayed BIGGER.
Take a look at the tag cloud that formed after famous fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent died:
TweetWire and Truemors are two sites that offer similar Twitter news services, and Summize can search for certain keywords, but Twitscoop's tag cloud is more efficient for those who want to stay on top of fresh news and topics without having to scan.
Not only is the dynamic tag-based approach a pretty nifty and effortless idea, but you can even see the latest tweets each keyword is coming from and how many times it's been repeated in the last few minutes simply by hovering over the word with your mouse. You can also click on the word and be redirected to a page that has a more detailed graph and list of tweets (perhaps to be used as supporting material for a blog post?).
Other features the site is currently working on include a live tag cloud where users can see the tags growing, shrinking, and disappearing or appearing in real time, as well as the ability to embed Twitscoop in third-party applications.