Comments on: Facebook gunning for Twitter

Facebook's new iPhone application might spell death for Twitter.

[jnassi]

I'm waiting until this weekend to upgrade my iPhone, so haven't been able to try the new iPhone Apps... but, with regards to Facebook-on-iPhone versus Twitter, I think the place where Twitter wins in this respect is the persistence of updates.

I use Facebook, and I use Twitter. And I monitor my friends' updates on both using a variety of tools. With Twitter, I get each and every update logged, so I don't have to catch the update in real time. With Facebook, my RSS feed may or may not catch every status update from every person; there's a time limit in there somewhere, and if someone updates their status more than once every X amount of time, you'll only see the most recent update.

That's pretty much the only plus for Twitter in this debate.

[dabrace1984]

I think the problem that I have with understanding the functionality of Twitter is why do we have to know EVERY status update for a friend. In Today's always tethered world, why do have have to make a status update when we are walking into a coffee shop, then getting into our car and then we are walking from our to our front door, and finally sitting down at our computer. Call me crazy, but I find it ridiculous.

[Matt Asay]

Wow. One lame application gunning for an even worse application. It's like the battle for Supreme Ruler of Loserdom.

[csven]

That people believe Twitter is *only* used to send out "EVERY status update for a friend" is both amusing and alarming. It's like saying telephones are only used to call the spouse from the grocery store; or only used for 911; or only used for business conference calls; or only used ...

When did so many people have their imaginations removed?