Deadpool: Chirp Desktop

I was wandering through my applications folder, trying to take out the trash. I couldn’t even remember what Chirp was. I clicked and it opened up, and started by displaying a spinning arrow. Nothing happened.

A quick search led me to discover that Chrip was a social networking based app, a screensaver that would display Flickr pictures and Facebook posts from friends. It is dead now, shut down by Comcast who cannibalized some of its technology:

[from Comcast’s thePlatform Buys Social Media Developer Chirp | Digital Media Wire]

While Chirp has launched applications that combine social networking with media consumption, thePlatform said it will not continue Chirp’s existing services, but will instead build new community and content discovery features using Chirp technology into its media publishing system.

This happened in the summer and I missed it all.