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I would bet that in 20 years time many other social networks will not be standing yet Twitter will. Maybe it makes less money and grows slowly, but I check Twi
by lhnz 11y ago
I would bet that in 20 years time many other social networks will not be standing yet Twitter will.
Maybe it makes less money and grows slowly, but I check Twitter every day and can't see myself stopping. On the other hand, Facebook is a ghost town. Many social networks explode into the scene but most burn out quickly.
It's nice to find a way to make a quick buck, but I think they should be thinking of the long-term, too.
- efuquen 11y agoHave you stopped to consider that for most other people the opposite might be the case?
- bane 11y agoI'll bite. I've tried to use Twitter for something for years, yet the best I've gotten out of it are shortened links to content I'm already aware of through other channels (like HN, reddit, etc.). My Facebook feed on the other hand is full of more information on family, friends and my local neighborhood than I can reasonably process in a day.
- newsreader 11y agoMy experience is completely the opposite to yours. My Facebook feed is full of information I really don't care about: what people had for dinner, where they are, invitations to play games, ugly pictures, etc. My Twitter feed on the other hand is full of nuggets that keep me informed on things I'm "really" interested in. My advice to you is that you just need to follow the right people.
- sosborn 11y ago> My advice to you is that you just need to follow the right people. That advice works both ways doesn't it?
- jen729w 11y agoBut on Twitter it's perfectly acceptable to not follow your close friends. It's not expected that you do. On Facebook, the opposite. Hence why I'm an avid Twitter user, but don't have a Facebook account.
- newsreader 11y agoNo it doesn't. Many of the people I follow on Twitter don't have Facebook accounts and for some that do have Facebook accounts I don't really want to be their friend -- just listen to what they say. I don't think you really understand how Twitter works. Twitter != Facebook. They are not even close.
- sosborn 11y agoAt the end of the day, the quality of your facebook feed depends on who you are friends with. If you want a better facebook feed cull out the ones who post uninteresting things.
- newsreader 11y agoSorry but I don't unfriend friends. Reason: they are really my friends and it would be rude -- not to mention hurt their feelings. That is just one example of where Twitter excels above Facebook: you can unfollow or mute a feed. Most of the people I follow are not my friends -- just interesting people that have interesting things to share.
- sosborn 11y agohttp://gizmodo.com/5876654/ignore-your-annoying-facebook-buddies-without-unfriending-them http://gizmodo.com/5876654/ignore-your-annoying-facebook-bud... Just saying. I do understand your point though.
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- maguay 11y agoI hope they'll be around in 20 years. It's the internet's watercooler, and we'd be worse off without it. But that's the fear—that they'll mess up too much right now, and kill their 20 year prospects.
- Zikes 11y agoTwitter restricts choice of clients and filters some @mentions from your notifications with no option to disable filtering. As soon as a reasonable competitor comes along, I'll gladly jump ship.
- freyfogle 11y agoNot saying you're wrong (am a heavy twitter user myself), but we should consider that taste is a fickle thing. Only a few years ago many people checked myspace, friendster, orkut, etc everyday. Now they don't. As quickly as social networks grow they can also collapse.
- untog 11y agoI assure you, Facebook absolutely isn't a ghost town. It is transitioning into something very different than it used to be, though. Back in the college days it was a cool service that people were passionate about. These days it's practically a utility - some social glue that helps to hold your life together. That's no bad thing - I certainly don't expect Facebook to go anywhere anytime soon. Aside from anything else, I value the past content I have on Facebook - photos, mainly. By contrast, Twitter content is almost all ephemeral.
- droopyEyelids 11y agoI think at this point everyone has already heard the "social utility" description and it dire straits add much to the conversation, particularly because phone books were a social utility too.
- jgalt212 11y agoAmen to that. Twitter is a great thing and business, it just doesn't print as much money as management told everyone they would. As such, the stock is continually under pressure. The stock being mispriced has nothing to do with the "value" or viability of the business, just the lifespan of the current management team.
- newsreader 11y agoDon't know (and I don't think anybody knows) if Twitter will be around in 20 years but I do check my Twitter account constantly. Twitter helps me stay up-to-date with things that are important to me. I prefer Twitter over any other "social media" sites (and I subscribe to most).
- jjudge 11y agoPer Facebook as of March 2015, 936M people use the service every day, 798M using their phone. I love Twitter too, but with 13% of the world using it every day, it's no ghost town.
- lmm 11y agoI'll bet that Facebook will have more active users in 20 years than Twitter does. Anywhere up to $200. Up to you.
- rokhayakebe 11y agoI doubt it. If twitter is nothing but a feed, then the notification feed on your phone could do a much much much better job. What Twitter did to RSS, a nice notification app could do to Twitter.