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Twitter Or Facebook?
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Twitter. Tried FB and found it boring. I don't care that it's time for my friends to go to work.
Now my dream of torturing you on Twitter is dead.
I guess I'll have to try extra hard here on MR.
Now my dream of torturing you on Twitter is dead.
I guess I'll have to try extra hard here on MR.
Heh heh...
A vote for the above^^^.
Au contrair, mon ami.
I found Twitter to be of considerable value, when I went on "sabbatical".
Au contrair, mon ami.
I found Twitter to be of considerable value, when I went on "sabbatical".
I'm not making any judgements about anybody else's choices.
Just my personal preference to not to use social media.
(And who knows about future choices...
)
Dislike 'em both. Never saw the point of Twitter... and Facebook's full of applications I couldn't care less about.
- 140 character limit. No long statuses to read. Both a strength and a weakness.
- People can follow you without you having to follow them back, and vice versa.
- Twitter is public by default. That means it's not for private communication amongst friends like FB or Path, but it also opens up new possibilities.
- Searches for hashtags (ex: #keyword) allow you to see tweets from all Twitter users about a particular topic
I use Twitter to monitor topics that interest me, such as #SHSU (tweets about my university), #Houston (tweets about my city), and several tech-related hashtags. I've also had conversations with tech journalists and software developers, which Twitter made possible (forced 140 character brevity + public by default + non-mutual following)
Like we've been saying in this thread, Twitter and FB are for different uses.
I deactivated my facebook. I found no use for it.
Until recently I didn't see much of a point in Twitter, but I now like being able to keep up-to-date on news and quick updates on the go easily.
Until recently I didn't see much of a point in Twitter, but I now like being able to keep up-to-date on news and quick updates on the go easily.
I've stopped using Facebook for the past couple of months because I don't like the idea of basically living my life for everyone to see through a website.
I still check it every now and then for messages.
I didn't think much of twitter when I first started using it, but it's actually a really powerful marketing tool, as well as a way to share opinions and information with friends and the world.
Also, I hate the new timeline feature on Facebook, that was another big reason for me leaving.
I still check it every now and then for messages.
I didn't think much of twitter when I first started using it, but it's actually a really powerful marketing tool, as well as a way to share opinions and information with friends and the world.
Also, I hate the new timeline feature on Facebook, that was another big reason for me leaving.
I like and have both, but I prefer Twitter, much more simpler and people can get to their point with lesser characters.