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1. Free Twitter
File Sharing Applications
A review of ten online apps
09.11.24
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

2. Growing your followers means you will move beyond the
people that you personally know. I’ve met scores of
people on Twitter that I will never meet in real life. I also
don’t have personal contact information for many of the
people I know on Twitter either. So how do you send
someone a file online without their email address?
Surprisingly, there are at least nine different sites that can
answer that question for you.From presentations to mp3s
to documents to zip files and anything else, they can now
be sent via Twitter. This really opens up the use of Twitter
from a simple communication tool to a new way to share
large amounts of information.
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3. Overview
Criteria
I sat down with my co-workers and created a wish-list of qualities that we as marketing people want in a
Twitter file sharing service. Of course, all the apps have to be free, easy-to-use and requires no
downloadable client. Beyond that, we wanted to be able to:
store at least 15 mb of data
share multiple file types: mp3, doc, zip, pictures, videos
have a unique url
public and private tweets
uses OAuth so you don’t have to create a new account
unlimited storage time
share across multiple platforms
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Share multiple file types
Have a unique url
Public and private tweets
Uses OAuth instead of
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Unlimited storage time
Share across multiple
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5. Tweetcube Application Interface:
Pros
You can upload up to 10 mb, uses
Twitter OAuth so you don’t have to
create an account.
Cons
It doesn’t work. Tried several times over
two days to use the site. At first it
wouldn’t let me login. After I got past
that, I was never able to upload a file.
Rating
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

6. TweetMojo Application Interface:
Pros
Allows you to upload any file type and
you can record you own videos from
the site.
Nice feature that allows you to add
long posts without having to upload
a file.
Cons
It didn’t work. I was able to upload
smaller photo files and record a video,
but could never sign in to Twitter to
use it.
Rating
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

7. Twi.tt Application Interface:
Pros
Hurray, it works! There doesn’t appear
to be a file size limit and a 29 MB file
uploaded just fine.
Cons
Most of the site’s features don’t work
yet. It’s unclear what happened to
your uploads after you share them.
Rating
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8. Twit FS Application Interface:
Pros
It does everything we could want from
a file sharing site.
It’s worth registering with the site for
added features
Cons
Um....can’t find any
Rating
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9. Filetweet Application Interface:
Pros
Very simple to use. Login with your
Twitter account and you can send a
file to all your followers or via direct
message.
The upper file size limit is 100 MB,
which is huge. If you need to send a
file quickly, this is the easiest way to
go.
Cons
You can’t access files you’ve already
sent. If you want to resend a file, you
have to upload it again.
Rating
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10. Filesocial Application Interface:
Pros
Easy tool that allows you to share any
type of file on Twitter.
Cons
Filesocial only allows you to post to
Twitter.
You can take that URL and share it on
other sites or post in an email, but you
can’t do that directly from the site.
Rating
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11. FileTWT Application Interface:
Pros
Easy to use and share files with a
simple one step process
Cons
You don’t get a link to your file unless
you go to your Twitter stream and find
the tweet.
The registered version doesn’t pull in
all your friends and doesn’t give you
the option to add friends that are
missing
Rating
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12. TwitDoc Application Interface:
Pros
Easy to use single function site.
Cons
There is no list of all the files you
upload. You can’t control the files once
they are uploaded if you don’t have
the URL.
It doesn’t handle audio files.
Rating
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13. Acamin Application Interface:
Pros
The ability to publish files on Twitter,
Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as
being able to convert documents to a
pdf file.
Cons
It doesn’t work. I counted at least six
error messages before the site
attempted to send the file, then got
another error message after posting.
Rating
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

14. CONCLUSION
TwitFS and FileTweet did the best with TwitFS
ultimately having the best features. It’s simple to use,
accepts the largest files and allows you to share the file
across multiple networks. Best of all, it works without
any problems. FileTweet is good for a quick send if you
don’t care about sending the file again or being able
to delete it from the site’s servers. FileSocial is also
recommended for it’s ability to view the files without
having to download them.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

15. Links
Read the entire review on our blog
blog.theduffyagency.com/
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009