Blacktwitters is an online niche twitter directory targeted especially for the African American and urban twitters. The directory is free for anyone to join as long as they have a Twitter account.

Blacktwitters lists African American users on twitter by tags and the total number of followers they have, anyone can join and submit their twitter profile to Blacktwitters. The premise is simple: anyone can tweet to @blacktwitters hashtags that represent what categories they would like to be listed under. Blacktwitters see these @replies and then organizes users based on those hashtags. Common hashtags include #hip hop, #blogger, sports#, news#, #entrepreneur, and #social media.

Twitter is a cool service. They give applications like blacktwitters a way to validate twitter users through a login. We don’t have to store your password and usernames, so your account is not at risk. We simply ask the twitter servers to validate you and if they say ok for a specific account, we let you through.

Blacktwitters only allows for three hashtags per person, assuring the directory does not become overly cluttered.