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Facebook vs. Twitter

edited March 2009 in General
thought this was kinda interesting
Different Communication Styles for Different Social Settings
Let’s say you go to a wedding or other social gathering where lots of people know each other. The style and tone of communication there will be more like using Facebook; you chat with old friends and acquaintances, mixing and mingling in an intimate manner. In this setting, people tend to feel more relaxed and “in their element”. Conversations are familiar and center on shared experiences and connections.

Now, when you go to a large party or social event where you don’t know most of the people in attendance, you will use a very different style of communication, more like Twitter; you want to meet people and somehow make yourself known, stand out from the crowd, make an impression, self promote and make new connections. Twitter is like getting the podium and not everyone feels comfortable or knows how to stand comfortably in the spotlight.

In fact, almost all of us, when first approaching Twitter, tend to use it to post useless updates like “Going to lunch”, thinking of it as a another tool to communicate with friends, when in fact, it is more like stepping on to a stage, where you are communicating with an audience and quickly find that you need to find a voice and say something useful and interesting or quickly lose the attention of your audience. People refer to Twitter as a mini or micro blogging platform.
http://www.twitip.com/twitter-versus-facebook/

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  • edited March 2009
    what the fudge is twitter anyways? seems like some online diary wannabe followers can check up on any minute of the day..correct me if im wrong
  • edited March 2009
    It's for people vain enough to think that everyone else cares what they're doing every minute of the day.

    It seems pretty popular though. I know a few friends use it.
  • edited March 2009
    Simon, do you use twitter a lot?

    I guess its cool if you actually have friends that use it, or have a group of followers lol
  • edited March 2009
    Not a lot, but it helps me kill time when I'm at work...and it's definitely cool to be able to message with people who you would normally nevr get to talk to. It's like a social new feed of whatever the people you follow are thinking at the moment...this includes pics, links, articles, images, thoughts, quotes, etc. I follow some pretty smart people like Craig Newmark and Kevin Rose so it's cool to see whats going through their minds. My twitter username is in my sig if anyone wants to follow me :D
  • edited March 2009
    Ok, I caved and got a Twitter account...

    I'm pretty sure I'll forget about it in a month, but I'll give it a shot anyways.
  • edited March 2009
    twitter rocks :D
  • edited March 2009
    ^ I agree. I am addicted to Twitter right now. Who else on TalkSFU is on Twitter?
  • edited March 2009
    from a business point of view
    twitter = shit broke
    facebook = big $$
    ;)
  • edited March 2009
    is the change facebook made to be more like twitter?
  • edited March 2009
    bufli;50944 said:
    from a business point of view
    twitter = shit broke
    facebook = big $$
    ;)
    Based on revenue generated in 2008.

    MySpace = $$$
    Facebook = $$
    Twitter = $

    MySpace made the most cash, with $800 million but that's only because it's been around the longest.

    Basically what happened with Twitter and Facebook is that Twitter took the FB status feature and built a whole community around its simplicity. Unknowingly, they also created a sort of real time, open, far reaching channel for communication. Basically one big, searchable conversation which allowed companies to embed themselves into users news feeds. This opens the door to whole new ways of advertising.

    Facebook struggled to make money in 2008 but as soon as they realized why Twitter was growing so rapidly over the fall of 2008, they decided to change their own Homepage to reflect this new more efficient style of sharing social info...one that can be monetized a lot more effectively. FB even tried to buy Twitter but Twitter turned the offer down so FB really had no choice but to adapt.

    Twitter is still a newly founded company which is receiving VC investment, so it will take some time but it will eventually make as much as MySpace is making now while Facebook will be probably make the most in the long run.
  • edited March 2009
    I just recently converted to Twitter. I'm still on Facebook cus pretty much 99.7% of my friends are on there but the new Facebook (yes, they changed yet again) pretty much looks like Twitter.
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  • edited March 2009
    Just found the Mayor of Vancouver on Twitter lol

    http://twitter.com/MayorGregor

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