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Turn Your Twitter Avatar Red and Black

I’ve created a new website, Twitter Revolution, which lets you shade your Twitter avatar red and black.

Why would you want to do that?

When Twitter was used as a tool to fight the Iranian regime, Twitter users around the world turned their avatars green in a show of solidarity. Now, Twitter is being used as a tool to fight repressive police practices in Pittsburgh, USA, and apparently the FBI considers this a problem.

The software is written in Ruby using the Sinatra “micro-framework”; you can browse or download the software, which is being made available under the AGPL, if you like. You could presumably use the code as a base for other small Twitter projects. Ideas (with or without patches) for improvement in the code, content, or design would be much appreciated.

So, color your avatar and enjoy!

Posted on Tuesday the 6th of October 2009 at 8:29 AM