Fflick Explained

fflick
Type:Movie Reviews
Language:English
Registration:Not Required
Launch Date:August 2010
Current Status:Offline (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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kincaid. Jason. fflick’s Sentiment Engine Turns Twitter Into A Crowdsourced Movie Critic. Techcrunch. 2010-08-03. 2010-08-03.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://fflick.com archive.org records
  3. Web site: Kung. Michelle. Fflick Puts Movie Tweets in One Place. Wall Street Journal. 2010-08-10. 2010-08-10.
  4. Web site: Nosowitz. Dan. Fflick Tracks Movie Buzz Among Your Twitter Friends (Hope They Have Good Taste!). Fast Company. 2010-08-03. 2010-08-03.
  5. Web site: Yu. Justin. The 404 685: Where we get the Fflick outta here (podcast). CNET. 2010-10-12. 2010-10-12.
  6. Web site: Barna . Ben . Fflick: When Rotten Tomatoes Hooked Up with Twitter . Black Book . 2010-08-05 . 2010-08-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100819224350/http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/fflick-when-rotten-tomatoes-had-sex-with-twitter/21241 . 2010-08-19.