Comments on: Will Facebook kill Twitter?

By: Why Facebook shouldn’t look as much on Twitter… | - Fluid'Advance - by Brieuc/Brian Saffré

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:29:54 +0000

[...] consider my way of using Facebook and Twitter but I think it corresponds perfectly to any current Facebook & Twitter user. I use Twitter because I love Web, Advertising and Photography and most of my Twitter friends share [...]

By: Tom Voirol

Tom Voirol — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:36:26 +0000

Matt, I agree that Twitter can be clunky, but I’m not sure adding features will help. Making the same idea sexier is what Plurk tried.

Plurk is undeniably prettier and more feature-rich than Twitter, but the latter’s sheer simplicity plus the availability of a thorough API allowed third parties to make up for what was missing (think all the Twitter clients, Summize [now Twitter Search] and all the other web add-ons).

This, in turn, provided Twitter with the critical mass to grow even more. Adding features works when everyone uses a service, is comfortable with it, and ready to learn more. I don’t Twitter is quite there yet.

By: @matt_freedman

@matt_freedman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:54:10 +0000

Hopefully it will encourage Twitter to add some features like nested replies and some of the other things that is really cool with Facebooks status updates.

Twitter is so clunky at times and if it’s going to continue to grow they have to invest in infrastructure and development.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:08:50 +0000

I think you’re right on your way of considering Facebook and Twitter.

For me, Facebook is more a friend network contrary to Twitter that I think is more professional or passion oriented…

That’s why I think Facebook is loosing itself, he should prepare to fight Google than Twitter.

By: Victor Lai

Victor Lai — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:43:56 +0000

Facebook main page looks a lot like Twitter... Will this cut into Twitter use? Probably. Kill it? hard to say: http://is.gd/o51Y

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

By: victorlai

victorlai — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:43:56 +0000

Facebook main page looks a lot like Twitter… Will this cut into Twitter use? Probably. Kill it? hard to say: http://is.gd/o51Y

By: Tom Voirol

Tom Voirol — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:20:10 +0000

@Jonno Oh, I never argued that Twitter would make Facebook obsolete, but that it was offering something that was a threat to parts of what FB is offering. Predictably, FB reacted by integrating Twitter-like functionality into their core product so I though it a natural question whether the new Facebook would now make Twitter obsolete.

My conclusion was no, and it appears most other commentators reach the same conclusion.

@Neerav I find it interesting that several people don’t like the opening of the status floodgates that the new Facebook question is likely to bring with it. They would probably not be Twitter users anytime soon I expect.

By: Neerav

Neerav — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:58:47 +0000

I was under the impression that ppl could be removed from your friends list on FB and they wouldnt be notified

PS several friends of mine on FB who arent geeks dont like the new Twitter style list of updates saying its too much information and seems to be dominated by people who update often via Twitter [ who me? ]

By: Jonno

Jonno — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:50:56 +0000

Hi Tom

Do you think that Facebook and Twitter are different enough to exist side-by-side?

In other words, there will be no “winner” per se …

Agreed that Twitter (arguably) makes it easier to manage your “friends”…

However, Facebook has all those applications that extend the way people can interact … and add entertainment value.

So, Facebook may be a “richer” experience than Twitter.

Granted it all someone wants to do is comment about ‘what’s on their mind’, Twitter makes that very easy. That’s a fairly narrow feature set though.

Interesting times…

By: Cameron Sharp

Cameron Sharp — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:43:11 +0000

RT @voirol: New blog post: Will Facebook Kill Twitter? http://tinyurl.com/djmo6m

[Original tweet, Topsy page]