Mst of us know the story. Facebook is huge, but Twitter is creeping up. Facebook tries to buy Twitter, Twitter says ‘er…no’. So Facebook launches Twitter-like functionality within their status updates.
The general consensus, or what I have gathered from the buzz around this development is that it’s pretty poor. Well, those that weren’t confused by it felt it was poor…And regardless of what the masses were saying, I was always gonna come out and say that it’s rubbish.
Why? The 140 character update loses all it’s charm when lost in the Facebook interface.
The beauty of Twitter is in it’s simplicity. True, I lie awake at night thinking of all the functionality I’d love to see in there to help me tweet, but at the end of the day, what I adore about Twitter is watching the stream of conciousness updates from friends, family and tweeple I find interesting. It’s pure, un-adulterated aggregation.
So, pooh to you Facebook. Stick to what you do best, making it easier for people I have intentionally lost touch with to find me and harass me.
