A Smarter Twit

New York-based VC Fred Wilson posted an interesting piece today about stocktwits, a Twitter app that lets investors interact with one another.

Wilson likes the idea and thinks a lot could be done with this and similar apps that extract meaning out of content on the web such as Adaptive Blue which recognizes pages about books, music, film, stocks, wine, people, etc., Outside.in which recognizes posts about places, neighborhoods, schools, parks, etc. and Zemanta which recognizes concepts in blog posts and recommends content to add to one’s post.

“What if they and others put out similar extensions?” he says. “Then twitter would get smarter. The links that people send around on twitter are one of the best things about the service. It’s like a live collaborative RSS reader. But if every tweet had links that were added semantically, then we’d really have something.”

• Zemanta – The Lowdown (toolsforjournalists.blogspot.com)
• Fred Wilson Wants A Streamroll (stoweboyd.com)