@kirstiealley & PHITTER…love love lovin’ it!

by Linda Carmical on January 6, 2010


Kirstie Alley has some­thing new for us. A gift from Kirstie to every­one.



Phit­ter

“Giv­ing Phit­ness a Phacelift”


No, I haven’t for­got­ten the Eng­lish lan­guage or how to use it. Kirstie has just put a twist on it! Phit­ter is a new place focused on fit­ness for peo­ple who aren’t liv­ing a healthy lifestyle, aren’t phit or just out of shape, feel fat, look fat, know they are fat, don’t want to be fat, want to stop the down­ward spi­ral, and min­gle with oth­ers like them to sup­port each other. Kirstie wants to help them all get phit and phat!…which just hap­pens to be the oppo­site of fat btw. I think that makes her phatab­u­lous? Phit­ter is a sup­port com­mu­nity where peo­ple can go to hang­out and share tips with oth­ers in the same shoes as them. It’s a great place for encour­age­ment and inspiration.

Kirstie’s new micro-blogging com­mu­nity is sim­i­lar to the way Twit­ter works. You have 140 char­ac­ters to tell every­one “What’s up?”, you can add phriends, you can send PMs (like DMs), and you can block peo­ple (Only some of the other phit­ters and I haven’t quite fig­ured out how this fea­ture works yet, but we’ll worked it out.)

The News Is Out!

PRESS RELEASE

What can Phit­ter do that Twit­ter can’t do?

Well, one thing that stands out for me is being able to fol­low a related con­ver­sa­tion on one page. All you have to do is click on in con­text and it opens up a stream’s con­ver­sa­tion for you. Makes it sooo much eas­ier to fol­low along. (Yes, Kirstie told me to go eat dirt. LOL)

Another thing Phit­ter has that Twit­ter doesn’t, almost all, if not all of the phriends who fol­low you are in your list to send mes­sages to. I like that…a lot. Makes more sense and is more user friendly. You don’t have to go to a phriend’s pro­file to send them a PM, but you can if you want. I like hav­ing both options.

Another phab­u­lous feature.…easy to use GROUPS! Easy to add. Easy to post from. Easy to join.

The last phab­u­lous fea­ture I’ll men­tion here, you can add tags to your pro­file. I don’t remem­ber being able to do this in my Twit­ter profile…and I like hav­ing this as an option.

What fea­tures does Phit­ter not offer yet?

… but I’m bet­ting it will (@wuuutman is awe­some and has worked hard to make sure Phit­ters (that would be the users) have a phe­nom­e­nal com­mu­nity that’s user friendly so that means easy to use.

  • More flex­i­bil­ity with your background.
  • Tick­ers! It would be great to have tick­ers to choose from and be able to add one of our favorite tickers.
  • A per­sonal Phit­ter Blog or one attached to a Group.

Other things I like about Phitter.

  • The pub­lic stream ver­sus my per­sonal stream. Love it!
  • Abil­ity to view my replies so eas­ily. Love it!
  • Kirstie inter­acts with us Phit­ters. Love it!
  • Sup­port watches the stream and inter­acts with us Phit­ters. Love it!
  • Sup­port replies to messages…very help­ful that wuu­ut­man. Love it!

When the wheels in Kirstie’s head started spin­ning, it’s easy to tell she insisted her weight loss and fit­ness com­mu­nity would have to be so user friendly peo­ple would come to in droves and never want to leave it. It had to be some­thing peo­ple would love and want to turn to to get the sup­port they need to be suc­cess­ful. Kirstie knows half the bat­tle of win­ning the weight loss game is pos­i­tive rein­force­ment and hav­ing some­one to kick you in the butt when you need it! Phit­ter does just that and more. Well done Kirstie! …and thank you!

I just did this Google search:
phit­ter –site:http://www.phitter.com

Results: 1100 of about 11,600 for phit­ter –site:http://www.phitter.com. (0.61 sec­onds)

…and how young is this site? Days old peo­ple! Days old! I’d say Kirstie is on to some­thing here. :)

What are Phit­ters say­ing about Phitter?


Quee­nieb
@just4me LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT! IT’S MY NEW ADDICTION!


Susie Muckleroy hope­fu­loser @just4me I LOVE PHITTER! I get encour­age­ment to NOT eat when I am really not even hun­gry!!! y’all are great!


Maggie Truelove
mag­gi­etru­elove
@just4me I love it! And I think it will be help­ful and moti­vat­ing for all of us.


christy
seat­tle­gal
@just4me i like it it’s nice to chat with oth­ers who may be going thru the same thing as me


JyLnC
use2bphit
@just4me I like it. I love the idea of hav­ing a recipe exchange and support.


Have you checked Phit­ter out yet? What do you think? Are you already a Phit­ter? What do you like about it? What would you like to see added or changed? Leave a comment…get the con­ver­sa­tion going about it!

Photo Props:
Alan Light (Flickr)
wuu­ut­man (Phitter)

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

QueenieB January 6, 2010 at 11:59 pm

I used to spend most of my spare time on FB, but now since I found Phitter, I'm on the site every free moment! I love all the wonderful camaraderie, humor, and support I find there.

Losing weight is a tremendous struggle and anyone who hasn't experienced that situation has no idea how important friendship and acceptance can be. We are learning to love ourselves and our bodies as we seek out recipes, tips, and motivation to help us along the way. The journey is long, hard, and has many detours, but it is comforting to know we are not alone, we are in excellent company and we CAN reach our goals with the help of our Phitter Phrends!

I love you, Kirstie, for giving us Phatties this Phantastic gift!

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LindaCarmical January 7, 2010 at 12:34 am

Thanks for taking a moment sharing QueenieB! You sound so enthusiastic I don't know how anyone would be able to not have a look at Phitter. I'm with you; I love all it offers to us and it is a phantastic gift Kirstie has given us!

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use2bphit January 7, 2010 at 7:56 am

I follow Kirstie on Twitter and when she started talking about the gift she was going to give her followers, I was intrigued but couldn't figure out what she was planning. And then, she announced that Phitter was ready and waiting for anyone wanting to get phit. I was looking for new ideas, tips on health, and yes, I was looking for fun, too. It's a great way to commiserate about the challenge of getting phit. Thanks Kirstie!

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LindaCarmical January 7, 2010 at 2:45 pm

Me too! and a little confused. You never know what Kirstie will do next. I should have known it was something like Phitter. It makes sense and I predict she's come up with the next big wight loss program that'll be around for the long haul. I think her and Phitter will hold their own with the big dogs.

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Susie Muckleroy January 7, 2010 at 8:18 am

I came to Twitter at the perfect time, right when Kirstie introduced Phitters. I joined because that is what I used to talk about on twitter anyway (losing weight). Thought I'd give it a shot and see if there were more ppl out there with the same issues I had….BOY, OH, BOY, is there ever! I have loved it from day one. Twitter/Phitter,… psh!… no comparison. On phitter we are all on the same page, we all feel at home here. EXCELLENT, daily dose to get one motivated!

Thanks Kirstie!
This is a GREAT blog you have here, Linda!

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LindaCarmical January 7, 2010 at 2:57 pm

Yep! Phitter blows Twitter away and it's not even a month old yet. The potential Phitter has is unlimited. I'm happy I now have a place to help me with one of my New Year resolutions….Too skinny for this fat a$$ body! LOL

btw…thanks for liking my blog! I'm kinda sweet on it myself. :)

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