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They don't. However Facebook felt the need to borrow Twitters @replies (http://mashable.com/2009/09/10/facebook-mentions/ http://mashable.com/2009/09/10/faceboo
by sw1205 16y ago
They don't. However Facebook felt the need to borrow Twitters @replies (http://mashable.com/2009/09/10/facebook-mentions/ http://mashable.com/2009/09/10/facebook-mentions/) so why can't Twitter borrow the Facebook like.
Yes they are different sites and yes they serve different purposes. However if functionality can work on both and can aid the users of that site then why should it not be introuced - just because you can already do it on one is not a good enough reason. If it was then you would not see competitors coming out daily with new sites that do what existing sites do but try and better it.
Twitter has millions of users who do not have a Facebook account and vice-versa. Providing they don't move too much from what makes them unique then giving their user base useful features can only be a good thing.
- justinxreese 16y agoI'm not saying that they can't do it just because Facebook already has, I'm more saying that they don't have to just because Facebook does. Otherwise, every move they make would be to become more like Facebook. And that isn't the desirable outcome. They are unique pieces of software to provide unique needs. Twitter wants to forge its own identity and create its own features, not point at every Facebook feature and say "Okay, how can we do that?".
- sw1205 16y agoSorry I misunderstood your point - you are right they don't have to. We don't want two sites doing the same thing. I think Twitter is doing a good job forging it's own identity, it is Facebook that seems to be borrowing ideas from everywhere else - Foursquare etc. I do think however that 'like' could be useful for Twitter and they could implement it in a different way. I take your point though.