Pick of the Twitter is a web app that allows users to view specially selected tweets billed as “the cream of the crop”.

Features:

• website displays a half dozen recently “picked” tweets and links to picks from the current month
• RSS feed

The Good:

If you enjoy randomly dipping into the Twitter public timeline, then Pick of the Twitter will please you. If you want to accomplish anything else, then this app is not for you. The logo looks cool.

The Not-so-Good:

Pick of the Twitter isn’t really an “app”; it’s a “service”. No login is required. Visitors to the site are greeted with a half dozen tweets selected by a classified algorithm or magic, or both.

Much is made of the secret algorithm, and we’re sure somebody had to stay up late at least one night to work on it, but consider two of its recent “cream of the crop” picks:

1. lol;
2. <?xml version=”1.0″?> < SearchResults> < Success> true< /Success> < Latitude> 37.677011< /Latitude>< Longitude>-120.960477< /Longitude> < Method>Skyho …

Tweetwave.com rates it: ♦ (the “fair and balanced” provisions of our founding charter prevent us from awarding zero stars in any rating, but we may have to convene an extraordinary meeting to address cases like this)