Tweetmeme is a service that aggregates links placed on Twitter and gives you a page of the most popular links on Twitter at the time based on retweets. Think of it as Digg only instead of hitting the digg button you just retweet the link or put the link in any conversation and Tweetmeme keeps track of it. It is the equivalent of voting by word of mouth.
I think Tweetmeme is a very powerful tool for getting information from Twitter. I use it every day to keep track of some of the more popular things floating around on twitter. It also is more reliable than just looking at Twitter trends because you get the full link plus the context. Not just a bunch of people spamming the ever living hell out of a keyword.
The biggest issue I have with Tweetmeme is how over run it is by Mashable. Yes the site has excellent news but seriously. I want to see someone else's perspective not just Pete Cashmore's. The only reason this bugs me is because every time I go on Tweetmeme at least two of the front page links have Mashable on it. As of writing this blog post 3 or the 15 front page retweets were Mashable. (I can't complain too much though, I am linking to the site aren't I.)
I think everyone should go out and get on Tweetmeme. As long as you have a Twitter account you have a Tweetmeme account. It is also great to see who is promoting your links without you even knowing it!
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