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'''www.bleeter.biz''' is a [[Websites in GTA IV|website]] accessible in [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]. An obvious parody of [[wp:Twitter|Twitter]], it is a social networking and microblogging site. The site allows users to post "Bleets" from the computer or their phones, which generally contain small snippets of information about what they happen to be doing at the moment of their Bleet, much like Twitter's "Tweets". Also, the verb of Bleeter is "Bleeting", in a in similar vain to Tweeter's "Tweeting". Bleeter's mascot is a sheep and its slogan is "Life suddenly got quick." The site's name comes from the word "bleat," the sound a sheep makes, parodying the mindlessness and banality of sites like it. Also, the sheep's sound effect is heard when a user checks a recently posted Bleet via mobile phone. Like Twitter, it would appear that it is often used by celebrities whose Bleets are subscribed to and read on a frequent basis by fans. The name could be a reference to the British comedian and TV presenter [[wp:Stephen Fry |Stephen Fry]], a more "famous" user of Tweeter. During his [[wp:Blackadder|Blackadder]] years, namely the last series, Fry regularly makes a strange bleating noise or "Baaah!".