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May 19
Tuesday

Why Facebook Will Never Be Twitter

Filed under Opinion

twitter-logo-facebook-logoFacebook has been getting a series of facelifts recently, and while Facebook itself is convinced that they’re doing it so their users can enjoy the service better and take advantage of all the features, we all know they’re trying to jack Twitter’s swagger.

Sadly, it makes sense. The internet isn’t all about original ideas anymore, it’s mainly about how to get the most users by stealing as many ideas as possible from other sites and repackaging them as original. Before trying to be Twitter, Facebook was trying to be FriendFeed, which in turn was trying to be more like Twitter (weird, right?).

Twitter’s success doesn’t come because it offers a better service (it’s down almost everyday, be it planned or not) or because it offers great communication opportunities (while there are thousands of new users everyday, the idea is  not that attractive to people, which is why most of your friend’s aren’t on it already). Twitter’s success can be credited to one thing: it’s simple.

The API is easy to implement, so developers use it, spawning new and creative applications daily. Tech blogs pick up these new applications, and no matter how creative and fun to use it is, they always mention Twitter’s name. This is free publicity that draw’s attention to Twitter’s simple-yet-quirky service.
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Comments - Posted 05.04.09
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Comments - Posted 04.20.09
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Comments - Posted 04.15.09
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Comments - Posted 04.07.09
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Google Buying Twitter? Arrington Says So
Comments - Posted 04.03.09
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Comments - Posted 03.31.09
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Twitter’s Strategy: Let’s Learn From It
Comments - Posted 03.31.09
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Love them or hate them, you have to admit that they did things right"][/caption] Twitter has grown surprisingly from a small micro-blogging service to a mainstream darling that gets more and more press every day. Things started off slow for this company, but as time progresses, they only ...continue
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Comments - Posted 03.30.09
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Comments - Posted 03.26.09
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