The Chicagoist will be launching later but in the meantime please enjoy our archives.

Local Twitter Competitor Surfaces

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Aug 4, 2009 6:40PM

Our pals over at Gapers Block uncovered a site called Wooxie (and also win for "best headline"), a locally-based Twitter competitor that takes the concept a few characters longer. It looks...exactly like Twitter. While we're all for local businesses making good, we're guessing the striking similarities between the two interfaces could eventually lead to a cease & desist order.