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Facebook Has a Bad Case of the Twitters. Is There a Cure?

by David Coursey on Apr 30, 2009

Facebook Has a Bad Case of the Twitters. Is There a Cure?

No matter how hard it tries, Facebook will never be a better Twitter than Twitter. While the two are both social networks, they are very different in what they are used for. One is for news, the other is for sharing, it's just that simple.

By trying to turn itself into a Twitter-like information stream, Facebook risks losing its focus on friends sharing information with friends. That is what I and millions of others love about Facebook and is a big part of why users don't like the ongoing user interface changes we've had to endure.

As a comparison, Twitter is like a newswire service, while Facebook is like friends gathering down at Starbucks to chat about what interests them. Put another way, Facebook is conversational, while Twitter is a public address system. Each has its place, but trying to combine them is risky.

Twitter, notably, is not trying to become Facebook. What Twitter offers is simple enough that the world may not really need more...Read More >>



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