nice to see you talk about other domains than Google.COM! ;D

Twitter means: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=twitter (you could also check with urbandictionary.com, but I generally find keyword domains (such as twitter or dictionary or pizza) have more reliable information than non-keyword domains (especially when they keyword is commercially valuable – e.g. “hotels”).

Microblogging is a style of implementing technology that will, I believe become increasingly widespread. I am using it on many of my domains for water-cooler type discussion.

Note, however, that I am not quite as constraining in my implementations as twitter. Therefore, I allow tagging, editing, etc.

I think the management style of the people who are running sites is a very important factor. Looking at twitter’s + facebook’s management, I will note that I find facebook’s apparent openness to incorporate user feedback in such issues as changing the TOS admirable. However, I’m not a FB know-it-all, so I don’t even know what issues were controversial and/or exactly how they were resolved.

nmw

I hope FB doesn’t continue to Twitterize itself because I like it the way it is. Can’t wait to see the impact the open API is going to have on things – particularly on the business side of things.

I was very disappointed in the last few months that FB has changed to be more Twitter-like…I don’t need to know the second by second plays of everyone’s days, I want to see their photos and read their notes and events…..actually see what they are up to, not just see a two line message about how the car in front of them just pissed them off.

I have actually hidden any of my friends that feed their tweets into their FB status updates…including my cousin because all it does is clog up the system that was great before it started to try to be Twitter-like.

I hope that at some point, FB will realize that they have their own market/niche of users that is very happy with FB being how it is, and that many of us will drop it like a hot potato if it starts to get any more like Twitter. If I wanted to join Twitter, I would have.

Thanks for this. I spent hours trying to find my status feed on fb to no prevail. I wanted to use it in friendfeed, but I guess fb doesn’t want that to happen. Trying to exercise too much control over what happens on a social site seems to be a little like cutting of your nose to spite your face. If they keep it up it could cost them.

I like Twitter a lot, and am a bit surprised to say it.

If you want to keep up on what is going on with your Facebook updates there is a level of commitment you have to make. I think a lot of people don’t have the time or patience to be checking it several times a day.

That’s why Twitter wins this battle.