Fflick

Last updated
fflick
Type of site
Movie Reviews
Available in English
URL fflick.com
RegistrationNot Required
LaunchedAugust 2010;14 years ago (2010-08)
Current statusOffline (acquired by Google)

fflick was a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films based on information collected on Twitter. fflick was launched in August 2010 by Kurt Wilms and three other former Digg employees. [1] It was acquired by Google in January 2011 and discontinued. [2]

Similar to how Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic aggregates movie reviews of new releases, fflick gathered tweets about a particular film in one place. [3] The site categorized tweets into positive or negative reactions. [4] It also allowed users to buy movie tickets, add certain films to their Netflix queues, and retweet other's tweets. [5] You can also check out what certain “influential” users of Twitter think of certain films — a distinction that's made by comparing the number of one's followers versus the number of people they follow. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Kincaid, Jason (2010-08-03). "fflick's Sentiment Engine Turns Twitter Into A Crowdsourced Movie Critic". Techcrunch. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  2. ↑ archive.org records
  3. ↑ Kung, Michelle (2010-08-10). "Fflick Puts Movie Tweets in One Place". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
  4. ↑ Nosowitz, Dan (2010-08-03). "Fflick Tracks Movie Buzz Among Your Twitter Friends (Hope They Have Good Taste!)". Fast Company. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  5. ↑ Yu, Justin (2010-10-12). "The 404 685: Where we get the Fflick outta here (podcast)". CNET. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  6. ↑ Barna, Ben (2010-08-05). "Fflick: When Rotten Tomatoes Hooked Up with Twitter". Black Book. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
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