Twitter Filtering App Changes Tweets Into "Gangsta Slang"
August 27, 2009
Ghetto Tweets - Mayne is a relatively new Twitter app that is able to change tweets made by others into "gangsta slang," and it is also able to change the tweets you submit in the same fashion. Not so surprisingly, the app has quite a few supporters who have left glowing reviews in the App Store, stating that it is simply humorous, while other reviewers have stated that they feel it is racist and downright offensive.
Ghetto Tweets - Mayne is a pretty basic Twitter app with one goal in mind, to turn your tweets into gangsta slang. When you first launch the app, you will notice that all of your friend's tweets in your timeline have been changed to look like slang. Mentions are also displayed this way along with retweets. Tweets can be composed within the app, and those tweets will be changed into slang upon submission.
I did a little test run, which you can see in the images above, and it basically worked as described. It doesn't change every word into slang, so the tweets are still easily understandable. That is, unless you don't know what an iPhizzle is.
Ghetto Tweets - Mayne is actually powered by developer Brent Coursey's full-featured iPhone and iPod touch Twitter app, Twiltr. Twiltr is a $.99 Twitter app that features three different filters, including a ghetto filter, that are all able to change your tweets in different ways. Ghetto Tweets - Mayne is simply the ghetto filter from Twiltr made to be a standalone app.
As for the claims of it being racist, let's just let you decide that. Ghetto Tweets - Mayne is available in the App Store free of charge, so you can form and voice your own opinion after you have actually tried the app.
[Thanks to Drew for the tip!]
