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I disagree. I think the most popular use case for Twitter involves following a bunch of people you don't know, or barely know. For tech people, this works great
by johns 18y ago
I disagree. I think the most popular use case for Twitter involves following a bunch of people you don't know, or barely know. For tech people, this works great because you can follow people in your field (may or may not be friends). For plain ol' Jane and John Doe, they can follow celebrities or people that align with their interests (may or may not be friends).
Unless Facebook allows a more one-way relationship, it won't really compete more with Twitter. Until then, they'll overlap in a few places, but I think they'll each keep succeeding at what they're best at already.
- rs 18y agoYou are spot on . Twitter has an asymmetric follow model, whereas Facebook tends to be guided towards smaller closed networks. Here's where I learnt about "asymmetric follow" : http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/12/05/assymetrical-follow-a-core-web-20-pattern/ http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/12/05/assymetrical-fol...
- amvp 18y agoYes. That's what fan pages allow - asymmetric follow. I think we'll see facebook pushing the fan page model for certain users (facebook.com/person_name)
- johns 18y agoAsymmetric follow is just part of it. Asymmetric conversation is the other. Fan pages let companies/celebs/etc broadcast, but they don't facilitate conversations the way Twitter does.