Wait, coming from Allfacebook? sure must be true...
Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
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Re: Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
#22Well, I just tried to sign up for FB and failed in every attempt. I allow session cookies, and that's what their privacy policy says they only use. So they are excluding at least some of their potential market.
Re: Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
#23We've been through this before! I'll just quote myself from a month ago: Facebook: full-fledged social network. Twitter: simple, quick-posting environment. There IS a big difference between these two sites, Facebook won't kill twitter, we can all go to sleep calmly now :) Edit: just for reference, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=418151
Not only that, but more importantly, on Twitter you can follow pretty much whoever you like without a required acknowledgment from the followed person/organization. To be friends with someone in FB, both parties have to agree, which pretty much sets them apart niche-wise.
Twitter's asymmetric follow is one of the killer features. GitHub has it, as well...maybe if GitHub had a status API they could be a Twitter killer.
Re: Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
#24This doesn't even make sense. Twitter is a broadcast medium. Facebook isn't.
Re: Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
#25Now, is there a proxy service yet that let's you post your Twitter updates to Facebook and vice versa?
I did this for a couple days and turned it off. My Twitter feed is very noisy, and looks retarded to the 30% of my Facebook contacts who don't live their lives in front of LCD screens.
Re: Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
#26People claiming that technology X will kill technology Y should most certainly make an attempt at understanding what technology Y is first. This person clearly does not.