Comments on: To Facebook or to Twitter? What’s the difference, anyway? http://www.sayenkodesign.com/to-facebook-or-to-twitter-whats-the-difference-anyway/ Graphic Design Services Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:25:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe McCarthy http://www.sayenkodesign.com/to-facebook-or-to-twitter-whats-the-difference-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Joe McCarthy Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:31:34 +0000 http://www.sayenkodesign.com/?p=434#comment-44 I think there are differences between Facebook and Twitter. In addition to the ones you've listed, Naomi Pollack recently offered a comparison that suggests that <a href="http://biznik.com/articles/understanding-twitter-why-twitter-is-less-like-facebook-and-more-like-email" rel="nofollow">Twitter is more like email than Facebook</a>. That said, I think that the strength of ties denoted by "friends" in Facebook is declining over time, and that there seems to be a convergence between friending and following (i.e., reciprocal following is an increasingly presumed protocol ... as corroborated by the previous commenter). Facebook and Twitter both share the goal of "ambient intimacy". Facebook offers far more features - and complexity - but I am increasingly wondering whether Twitter will eventually offer the same benefits ... without the "costs" of locking users into a walled garden (however beautiful that garden may be to visit .... or live in). I think there are differences between Facebook and Twitter. In addition to the ones you’ve listed, Naomi Pollack recently offered a comparison that suggests that Twitter is more like email than Facebook.

That said, I think that the strength of ties denoted by “friends” in Facebook is declining over time, and that there seems to be a convergence between friending and following (i.e., reciprocal following is an increasingly presumed protocol … as corroborated by the previous commenter).

Facebook and Twitter both share the goal of “ambient intimacy”. Facebook offers far more features – and complexity – but I am increasingly wondering whether Twitter will eventually offer the same benefits … without the “costs” of locking users into a walled garden (however beautiful that garden may be to visit …. or live in).

]]> By: Mayooresan http://www.sayenkodesign.com/to-facebook-or-to-twitter-whats-the-difference-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Mayooresan Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:34:03 +0000 http://www.sayenkodesign.com/?p=434#comment-43 I agree with your point. For me the interface looks much similar but the underlying core of each site is different. You can use facebook to grow your network but you'll loose your privacy but in Twitter can do it without any loose :) I've got 200 followers in Twitter, the more you twit more followers you'll get :) I agree with your point. For me the interface looks much similar but the underlying core of each site is different.

You can use facebook to grow your network but you’ll loose your privacy but in Twitter can do it without any loose :)

I’ve got 200 followers in Twitter, the more you twit more followers you’ll get :)

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