WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of Sailors beta testing the Navy's new, $130 million attempt at a digitally secure version of Twitter have been tweeting that the app apparently "sux ballz."

Dubbed Scuttlebutt!, the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet's (NMCI) new site has been receiving non-stop criticism on Twitter from the very Sailors whom the sea service has been hoping to attract since launching its own microblogging application in late March.

"Just tried @scuttlebutt! and it sux ballz," Twitter user @daveybonez, who was later identified as Scuttlebutt! beta tester Seaman David Rodwell, tweeted last Tuesday.

"100% agree new site @Scuttlebutt! eats ass," Petty Officer 2nd Class Monica Murphy commented during her retweet of Rodwell's original complaint.