Why Twitter catches on: No guilt

you are only tied to your thoughts, nothing else... facebook attaches your thoughts to your past, which i think makes them more likely to be judged. tweeting is like throwing a million lines in the water... you normally aren't going to catch much, but every now and then you get a blip or recognition, an RT, a good @ reply, and suddenly the 10% catch rate validates the 90% nonsense. fb is more of a reversal to that model if you ask me which invariably comes with more 'guilt' as you put it... i'd call it social constraint

nice post. same reason i have been equating twitter to the cb radio airwave, vs. a telephone.

A corporate client of mine is very worried about the legal ramifications of an open Facebook page.

Can you direct me to any resource material?

Thanks

Unlike Twitterers, avid Facebook users catch up with almost all of the posts their friends have made since their last visit to the site. Therefore, there's a sense that your voice is louder and more important -- what you say better be good.

There's also more subtle difference: you can only sign up to read someone's posts on Facebook if they agree to let you. I this process of "friending" implies a social agreement that we're going to do out best not to waste each others' time.

Maybe that's why the user retention rate is at 40% according to a recent Nielson report. Even Oprah already bored with Twitter. However, being able to post real-time social mail from isayusay to Twitter, you get a lot of clicks.

I agree, I'm very selective of what I post to Facebook, than what I post on Twitter....No Guilt is Good...allows Freedom! Great Post, made me think!【ツ】
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Twitter is like an open chat version of talk radio where anyone can jump in.

Facebook has much more utilitarian value for the user/ friends that engage, beyond just disseminating information to your audience.

Originally, all of my twitter updates were drawn from my facebook ones. Now, i keep facebook updates relevant to that audience, while twitter updates relevant to those followers. While there may be some spill over, each group is using the tools for different reasons. And to the point above, twitter carries less psychological baggage, and is just easier to throw stuff out there, which makes it more sticky.

I'm finding much less spam, more valuable content and contacts on Twitter than on LinkedIn. Another basic, but important difference; Using TweetDeck no need to log in as I need to do with Twitter. Easy in, easy out...

I would like to ban Twitter, Myspace, TweetDeck, Facebook and etc. I think that they're all a waste of valuable time. I truly believe we as Americans can find something better to do.

So much has evolved in how we use both mediums in such a short space of time. In January I had overdosed on FB believing I had found such a clicky little mass of 500 so called friends! But for me FB is now merely a jazzed up Flickr (which I love- as it focuses on one thing only that it is good at) and in FB I now only occasionally make comments.

My true 'friends' interact with me respecting an unspoken etiquette of giving+sharing of relevant feeds - on Twitter nobody throws a pillow at me, shouts at me , pokes me or invites me to an event the other side of the continent where I feel obliged to explain 'why' I can't attend! Twitter is here for the long haul and is the real super highway of specific knowledge, that only you, crave and desire as and when you wish. People forget that Twitter is as private or as public as you wish it to be at all times.

I would be interested to read the comparison stats on drop off activity by users on both platforms, now, compared to 6 months ago. Think they would reveal a trend gathering more momentum than we could comprehend.

I agree with your article to some extent. If you look at Twitter for a business application then before when you had no one knowing what you did beside the face-to-face interactions you made in the professional world. Now, Twitter gives business professionals a higher percentage chance of building more business relationships online. More Social = More Search = More Business.

As for Facebook its a personal site with closer connections. Yes, people are on them but, I wouldn't recommend it for Business purposes. This is why we have Linkedin.