I have previously written about Kwippy, and that was pretty much the best post ever on this sad little blog.

Why?

Because I actually managed to publish an email interview with Kwippy CEO Mayank Dhingra . That’s right! An email interview, like those big A-list bloggers do all the time! Yeah!

So, what improvements have gone into Kwippy? How is Kwippy better since last July?

The Kwippy team made it easier to invite Twitter friends to Kwippy, but got some negative publicity. The Kwippy folks quickly modified the feature so it would not spam Twitter users, and then wrote a blog post apologizing.

Kwippy also made some user interface improvements, including the ability for Kwippy users to customize their page with themes. Below are two screenshots comparing the old Kwippy with the current Kwippy interface.

You will notice that in the newer screenshot, Kwippy has the word “Friends” visible in the sidebar. This is part of a new feature that allows you to define who is your friend and who you are just interested in. Think of Kwippy’s “Friends” feature as a primitive version of FriendFeed lists.

Kwippy also added an employee. Matthew Phillips, known as Kestrachern, is Kwippy’s community manager. You can find short bios of (currently, the four) Kwippy employees.

I conclude this (very) quick glance at Kwippy with a note on the small, vibrant community that has appeared there. The lack of a character limit for messages on Kwippy (called kwips) or comments on kwips has led to a manner of discussing that is a bit of a hybrid between a forum and Twitter.