Comments on: Twitter vs. Facebook — you make the call http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/05/27/twitter-vs-facebook-you-make-the-call/ Where media and technology meet Wed, 22 May 2013 09:39:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Drewbie http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/05/27/twitter-vs-facebook-you-make-the-call/comment-page-1/#comment-359160 Drewbie Thu, 28 May 2009 15:13:15 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=16983#comment-359160 Facebook's status update serves pretty much the same function as Twitter, but has lots of other service options as well. Facebook is the stronger of the two. Facebook’s status update serves pretty much the same function as Twitter, but has lots of other service options as well. Facebook is the stronger of the two.

]]> By: Steve Chapman - Virtual Outdoor Adventures http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/05/27/twitter-vs-facebook-you-make-the-call/comment-page-1/#comment-359159 Steve Chapman - Virtual Outdoor Adventures Thu, 28 May 2009 15:01:14 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=16983#comment-359159 Twitter has my vote. It is simpler and from a user interface perspective has much less clutter. Twitter is a far better social networking tool, as it allows its users to randomly find other users with specific interests - if someone twits about a subject they are obviously interested or involved with that subject matter. I'm running a digital guidebook business for outdoor adventure locations, and have found Twitter to be a very useful tool to link with like minded individuals and companies. http://twitter.com/VirtualOutdoor Twitter has my vote. It is simpler and from a user interface perspective has much less clutter. Twitter is a far better social networking tool, as it allows its users to randomly find other users with specific interests – if someone twits about a subject they are obviously interested or involved with that subject matter. I’m running a digital guidebook business for outdoor adventure locations, and have found Twitter to be a very useful tool to link with like minded individuals and companies. http://twitter.com/VirtualOutdoor

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]]> By: Otis Gospodnetic http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/05/27/twitter-vs-facebook-you-make-the-call/comment-page-1/#comment-359127 Otis Gospodnetic Wed, 27 May 2009 16:55:41 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=16983#comment-359127 messenger: Twitter has a 140 character limit and, as far as I know, doesn't moderate people's tweets. But yes, they are also wildly different. Twitter is just a subset of Facebook's functionality (and user base). messenger:
Twitter has a 140 character limit and, as far as I know, doesn’t moderate people’s tweets. But yes, they are also wildly different. Twitter is just a subset of Facebook’s functionality (and user base).

]]> By: messenger http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/05/27/twitter-vs-facebook-you-make-the-call/comment-page-1/#comment-359124 messenger Wed, 27 May 2009 15:53:02 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=16983#comment-359124 No comparison. Facebook allows many things, Twitters only allows 45 characters or less. Twitters only allows what they want you to says and nothing more. To much control on what you say. No comparison. Facebook allows many things, Twitters only allows 45 characters or less. Twitters only allows what they want you to says and nothing more. To much control on what you say.

]]> By: Robert MacMillan http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/05/27/twitter-vs-facebook-you-make-the-call/comment-page-1/#comment-359123 Robert MacMillan Wed, 27 May 2009 15:52:29 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=16983#comment-359123 Everybody's an editor... Everybody’s an editor…

]]> By: Otis Gospodnetic http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/05/27/twitter-vs-facebook-you-make-the-call/comment-page-1/#comment-359122 Otis Gospodnetic Wed, 27 May 2009 15:30:25 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=16983#comment-359122 Twitter! Note that I almost missed the question -- it hard to spot that question in the post above, broken up over 3 lines and wrapped around one of the pictures! :) Ideas: - bold the question itself, so it stands out more - pose the question at the very beginning of the post, while you still have the attention of the reader (your target readers here are Facebook/Twitter users - people used to reading 140 character status updates, not 140+ word posts) - ask the main question once again at the end and remind the reader his/her input is desired Twitter!

Note that I almost missed the question — it hard to spot that question in the post above, broken up over 3 lines and wrapped around one of the pictures! :)
Ideas:
- bold the question itself, so it stands out more
- pose the question at the very beginning of the post, while you still have the attention of the reader (your target readers here are Facebook/Twitter users – people used to reading 140 character status updates, not 140+ word posts)
- ask the main question once again at the end and remind the reader his/her input is desired

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