DISQUS

AllFacebook: Facebook Status: Twitter Rival. Could it? Should it?

  • Thibaut · 2 years ago
    There is already an RSS feed for status updates ! I use it constantly to keep in touch with my friends, and I encourage them to micro-blog "a la " Twitter. Even with its grammar inflexibility, its still an useful integrated tool.
  • Joel · 2 years ago
    Right on Thibaut. Here's a link for you:
    http://www.facebook.com/statusupdates/

    There's an RSS subscribe button bottom right.
  • Olivier · 2 years ago
    Because of Fb status's restricting syntax, I only use it for action, places and moods, while I can use Twitter for random thoughts and mini-blogs.
  • Ethan Bodnar · 2 years ago
    I have twitter on my profile, I don't use twitter to interact with friends at school but more with people from around the world. Sometimes I even put "twitter. see profile" in my facebook status. They should just make it so that a tiwtter, jaiku, pownce etc facebook app can automatically put your tweets or whatever into the facebook status.
  • mike lewis · 2 years ago
    I couldn't agree more. In fact, i wrote the exact same stuff 10 weeks ago: http://sideways8.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/twitt...

    The main difference to me seems to be that people under the age of 25 use facebook and the older crowd uses twitter.
  • Rory Marinich · 2 years ago
    Thibaut - I can get feeds for ALL my friends. Can I get a feed specifically for myself?
  • Matt · 2 years ago
    God, People are pathetic. Stop with the narcissism; your friends probably don't give a crap anyway. Cut this microblogging et al. out and go to the gym or do something else productive.