A recent report by Nielson states that people are spending up to 82% more time on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter compared to last year. So to tip the balance further in the “Is Twitter a big waste of time” debate, for a bit of Friday Fun, here are some sites to help you waste more time enjoy Twitter further.

#1 - Twitter Magnets

Everyone has time for fridge magnets, somehow you feel that these magnetic words shaped into obscure sentences counts as poetry. Twitter Magnets loads some magnets for you to create a work of art (in under 140 characters of course) and dedicate it to someone on Twitter or post it to @TwitterMagnet.

#2 - Twitter Grader

A serious pastime for some, Twitter Grader judges your worth on Twitter compared to other users. Mashable’s Social Media Guru Pete Cashmore is ranked the 4th top Twitterer. Enter your Twitter username for a reality check in the Twitter world.

#3 - Tweeter Value

How do you compare to Barack Obama whose Tweeter Value is $396,856?

#4 - Twibberish

Instead of being a useful tool, Twibberish will translate your perfectly readable sentence and make it as obscure as possible by running it through several foreign language translators. “Looking forward to having pizza in Leeds tonight” becomes “Italian night in Leeds”. Unscramble or tweet your Twibberish.

#5 - Visible Tweets

The question is: “What tweets do you want to visualise?” You get mesmerising animation of tweet clouds mentioning your search term. Taken from random tweets of users mentioning your search term, the results can be amusing and puzzling.

And just in case you are in denial that your entire life is just a series of Tweets, Tweetwasters will calculate exactly how much time you have spent on Twitter. Guy Kawasaki, blogger extraordinaire has 85,314 total tweets and assuming he spent an average of 30 seconds per tweet, he has spent 29.62 days using Twitter! Yikes, that’s almost a month! So, blog readers, what are your favourite social media time wasting tools?

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