biglizheng

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   by biglizheng 12y ago

   This is NOT true. Try log out Facebook, and you will still still be able to read public profiles of celebrities.
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   by biglizheng 12y ago

   So it makes more sense for celebrities to directly broadcast to a larger audience on FB than Twitter...
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   by biglizheng 12y ago

   This really makes sense. Basically, Twitter is for journalists and celebrities, while Facebook is for commoners. No wonder why Twitter's user growth is pretty limited. The question becomes why it is hard for Facebook to adapt this has
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   by biglizheng 12y ago

   For a commoner like me, FB only notify 10% of my friends. Is that the same thing for celebrities? It doesn't seem so. I just take a sample using Justin Bieber's post that are both shared on FB and Twitter. On FB it has 385k likes,
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   by biglizheng 12y ago

   140 actually makes average users hard to understand what does it mean without context information. This is also the reason that Twitter user number stops growing, even slower than the gigantic Facebook.
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   by biglizheng 12y ago

   Let's say you are a celebrity on the go, posting something on Facebook has a potential of reaching extra 1 Billion users. Of coz, there are more nosies with an extra billion users. However, you are still reaching more audiance than Twi
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   Ask HN: Why do celebrities favor Twitter over Facebook?

   4 points by biglizheng 12y ago|13 comments