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We've been through this before! I'll just quote myself from a month ago: Facebook: full-fledged social network. Twitter: simple, quick-posting environment. Th
by nx 18y ago
We've been through this before! I'll just quote myself from a month ago:
Facebook: full-fledged social network. Twitter: simple, quick-posting environment.
There IS a big difference between these two sites, Facebook won't kill twitter, we can all go to sleep calmly now :)
Edit: just for reference, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=418151 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=418151
- atourino 18y agoNot only that, but more importantly, on Twitter you can follow pretty much whoever you like without a required acknowledgment from the followed person/organization. To be friends with someone in FB, both parties have to agree, which pretty much sets them apart niche-wise.
- ivey 18y agoTwitter's asymmetric follow is one of the killer features. GitHub has it, as well...maybe if GitHub had a status API they could be a Twitter killer.