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Tweets vs Facebook status updates

I'm preempting a discussion that I'm bound to have the next time I go drinking with other geeks - Twitter vs Facebook for status updates. I prefer to use Twitter because :

It has a "remember me" feature so that I don't have to login every time.
The user community have created a (now supported) convention where you can respond to other tweets using @username. This makes Twitter a platform for very short, disconnected conversations via the web or ...
mobile. You can opt to receive all or just direct tweets to your mobile.
It transforms URLs through tinyurl.com to maintain the 140 character limit.

Which do you use and why?

Tags : facebook twitter

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Posted by Simon Brown on 24 September 2007 20:32:00 BST #

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Comment from Darren on 24 September 2007 21:19:07 BST #

Surely the biggest difference is that Twitter is on the Internet and Facebook is on, well, an extranet.

I can't subscribe to or view your Facebook updates unless I have added you as a contact and you have agreed. Whereas anyone can see your tweets.

Meta comment, it'd be very useful to be able to read the post I am commenting on while I am commenting. :-)

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Comment from Brett Porter on 24 September 2007 23:06:10 BST #

I use both (updated via moodswing): http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/08/16/moodswing-4/

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Comment from Simon Brown on 25 September 2007 15:15:22 BST #

It looks like MoodSwing has been replaced by MoodBlast, which doesn't update Facebook. Either way, I only wish that I could use a Mac for my day to day work. ;-)

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Comment from Simon Brown on 27 September 2007 10:14:12 BST #

Facebook has a "remember me" feature now. :-)

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Comment from Omar Egan on 08 October 2007 21:05:52 BST #

Twitter can be as unobtrusive as your IM client. I can post new stuff via IM, and get updates of all my buddies streams via IM. I still haven't figured out a way to do something like that with Facebook... until then I will continue to bug my friends to use Twitter.

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Comment from David McLure on 20 November 2007 17:33:28 GMT #

Given the recent purchase of Facebook by Microsoft, I imagine that the more Java friendly path will naturally tend towards the non-Microsoft (Twitter) alternative solution.

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Comment from Sarah Stewart on 18 January 2008 09:55:19 GMT #

Hi Simon, have been given your name by Sue Waters. I understand you are getting your students to use twitter. This is something I would like to explore and chat to you about. I am away on holiday for a week so would love to catch up with you when I get back. Cheers Sarah " A week in the life of a newbie twitter" http://tinyurl.com/ytzv4w

Re: Tweets vs Facebook status updates

Comment from Simon Brown on 18 January 2008 09:59:59 GMT #

Hi Sarah - I think you have the wrong Simon Brown. :-)

Re: Tweets vs Facebook status updates

Comment from inrepose on 18 January 2008 14:57:57 GMT #

I think Twitter is generally a faster and lighter way to communicate than facebook which I dislike mainly due to the junk content I keep getting. I have recently started on Pownce.com which is as light as twitter but adds fileshare, which is a great feature.

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