So, some of you didn’t want to post our previous tweet giveaway entry because it felt like spam.  And some of you are creating/using Twitter accounts that are new or have no followers (Santa is going to put you on his naughty list).  Well, we understand, and agree, and have made the following changes:
To enter the giveaway:

Log in to br.st.
To enter the Nintendo Wii giveaway, post a tweet containing: “http://br.st #wiigiveaway”. To enter the Apple MacBook Pro giveaway, post a …

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We will be changing what you have to tweet in order enter the giveaway tomorrow (on Monday).
No worries, all entries up to that point will count.
We recognize that some users feel that the giveaway entry tweets, due to the content and volume, are coming across a little “spammy”,  so we are going to try and do something about that.�
Big thanks to all of you that are tweeting from br.st and telling your friends about the new way to …

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Announcing the Br.st 25 Days of Christmas Giveaway!
Last week we launched br.st.  We worked hard to make sure it was the best place to experience Twitter on the net.  We did not get the press coverage we anticipated.  So, to get the word out we decided instead of buying advertising we would do a giveaway contest and give the money in the form of prizes to our users.
We are giving away 21 Nintendo Wii game systems every day (except Fridays) …

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
New Web-based Twitter Client Brings Facebook-like Experience to Twitter
Phoenix, AZ November 23, 2009 – Brinkster, a web hosting company, launched br.st (burst) a web-based Twitter client (at http://br.st), providing a rich experience similar to Facebook. Br.st offers features such as: “as you type” URL shortening, text shortening, expanding conversations, sharing of images and files, inline previews of images and videos, and advanced statistics. “We are excited to debut a Twitter client that truly changes the way you …

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