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Can Twitter Compete With Facebook?

Posted by on Jun 9, 2009 | One Comment

There should be an image here!Is Twitter beginning to thin out while Facebook sees overall growth? If you believe in the stats that come out of Compete, you might be inclined to feel this way for sure. But honestly, I don’t think the raw numbers are everything. And as good as Facebook is, don’t underestimate Twitter.

Twitter has been seen massive growth from its inception to now, with growing evidence that it is making a much bigger impact than any of the other social media platforms. I say this as Twitter is being used more by people that otherwise have not bothered with Facebook. Twitter allows people and companies to connect easily and without all of the extra whiz-bang seen with other social platforms.

So while Twitter might appear to be falling short with its reach while Facebook seems to be growing, I would again question the influence of each as a comparison as to me, numbers themselves mean very little in the long run.

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  • http://ictheworld.wordpress.com Hotrao

    I think that competition for these two services can be spotted in their diffusion, but not in the use people make of them.
    Of course we are talking about social networking medias, but the use of two media adresses different communcation needs: Facebook targets medium or long lasting networks of people, with a share of informations and contacts while Twitter seems to me something faster and quite similiar to SMS for cellphones.
    I don’t see them competing, while I’m quite sure they (or someone else) will find an aggregator, providing an integrated way of communicating (in a faster and more effective evolution of the chat system now available).