It’s kind of become a tradition as of late that every year, on April Fools’ Day, tech companies try to one-up each other on who can announce the craziest product and maybe catch some unsuspecting blog readers off guard. This year, Twitter’s entry into the April Fools’ prank pool is simply terrifying.<\/p>\n
Today, Twitter has “announced<\/a>” Twttr<\/a>, the new no-vowel Twitter service that will now become the default service for all users. <\/p>\n If you want your vowels back, you’re going to have to pay $5 a month.<\/p>\n “We\u2019re doing this because we believe that by eliminating vowels, we\u2019ll encourage a more efficient and \u201cdense\u201d form of communication. We also see an opportunity to diversify our revenue stream,” says Twitter.<\/p>\n Don’t worry – you still get the letter “y.”<\/p>\n “Because our users come first, we believe that ‘Y’ should always be free to everyone \u2014 today and forever. You\u2019ll notice in the Twttr example above, the ‘y’ is clearly visible. Also, the vowels in URLs will be also be free for everyone, forever. You can also Tweet in non-Latin characters based languages, like Japanese, Chinese, Arabic or Korean. These languages will remain unaffected by our service change.”<\/p>\n Twyttyr? Why byy vywyls whyn yyy gyt “Y” fyr fryy? Syckyrs! #nvwls<\/a><\/p>\n — Joan Rivers (@Joan_Rivers) April 1, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n