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Facebook is Sticking a Fork in Twitter: It’s Done…

By Shane OnullGorman

Real Estate Agent with Eau Claire Realty, Inc.

March 04, 2009 08:30 AM

Facebook today announced a major overhaul of the site. Some of the new features a different way to integrate “pages” and removing the cap on being a fan. They are also adding many new Twitter-like features such as the ability to have one way friendships that is you can befriend someone without them being a friend back. The big news is also that they are streaming the chat in a different way to also be more like Twitter. So yes the talk is that Twitter might need a lifeline in order to stay useful so to speak. Critics would argue that Facebook doesn’t have SMS capabilities but is that in the works as well?

You can find out more here.

You can see what the changes look like here.

So what do you think is Twitter done for?

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Robert Hammerstein

Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ

Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Shane - thanks for the tip. Clicking on your links now.

Mar 04, 2009 08:35 AM

Shane OnullGorman

Eau Claire Realty, Inc. - Eau Claire, WI

Eau Claire Wisconsin, Real Estate Agent & Realtor- Buy or Sell

It looks like a rather major change. I mean probably the biggest in years. It will definitely give Twitter a run but who knows.

Mar 04, 2009 08:42 AM

Amanda Christiansen

Christiansen Group Realty (260)704-0843 - Fort Wayne, IN

Christiansen Group Realty

I am an Twitter but have never fullly grasped the concept of it....

Mar 04, 2009 09:03 AM

Stuart Dobson

eLoanRates.org - Thornton, CO

Twitter has honestly never quite made sense to me...I guess I just don't see the value yet.

Mar 04, 2009 09:13 AM

Laura Gwyn

Laura Gail Gwyn Properties - Salem, OR

Your info is great and in your picture with your sign you have a great smile so turn on that big smile of yours! Your video needs to feel like you just won an academy award! I know you can do it! Having that knowledge and capability is impressive. I wish I knew how...

Mar 04, 2009 09:16 AM

Judy Jennings

Top Agent Plus - Middleboro, MA

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Thanks for the heads up Shane. I think this is fantastic news and I look forward to the new look and functionality of Facebook.

Mar 04, 2009 09:26 AM

AMBER NOBLE GARLAND - Top Real Estate Expert, Property Tax Appeal Specialist & Author

Strategic Marketing Expert & Relocation Specialist Serving New Jersey and nationwide! - Marlboro, NJ

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Wow...thanks for bringing me up to speed on this Shane.

Mar 04, 2009 11:18 AM

Ginger S

Wilkinson & Associates, Wilmington NC - Wilmington, NC

Wilmington NC Real Estate & Relocation~

Shane, I hope this is going to be a good move. Do you think there's a downside?

Ginger

Mar 04, 2009 03:16 PM

Kathleen West

Trademark Realty Group of Palm Coast - Palm Coast, FL

Flagler County & Palm Coast Realtor

Shane,

I love Facebook. Not only for business, but I have reconnected with people I haven't seen in many years. It's so easy to share stuff, and a great way to share my business with others as well. Twitter. Just not getting the attraction. Looks like fun, and yeah it's great to blast one message to whoever you can at one time. But the time to build a decent "following" doesn't seem worth it to me when I have something like Facebook that has the customer demographic and a ton of powerful features.

Mar 05, 2009 02:04 PM

Donna Harris

Donna Homes, powered by JPAR - TexasRealEstateMediationServices.com - Austin, TX

Realtor,Mediator,Ombudsman,Property Tax Arbitrator

I don't really care for Twitter. I do have my tweets and blogs feeding over to Facebook, so if I didn't have to tweet to get the same message across, maybe FB is onto something.

Mar 05, 2009 02:26 PM

Sean Goerss

14 Moves Real Estate Keller Williams Premier Realty - Saint Paul, MN

Shane, thanks for the udpate.

Thing is, "Friend" is different than "Follower". Facebook messed it up by not calling it something different than a Friend.

Who wants to befriend someone who doesn't want to befriend you?

I love Twitter, and I know many people who have made great connections with others who they wouldn't be able to call or email. Plus, the simplicity of 140 characters keeps things brief. Seems like too much clutter on Facebook for that kind of ongoing conversation, but we'll see!

I also like to keep Facebook somewhat personal, for now.

p.s. Do you know if Facebook is going to come out or allow 3rd party programs like it's Twitter-like counterparts like www.tweetdeck.com or www.tweetgrid.com?

Sean Goerss
Realtor, St. Paul, MN
Co-Founder
www.RealEstateTechnologyExperts.com
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/seangoerss
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/seangoerss

Mar 05, 2009 02:36 PM

Shane OnullGorman

Eau Claire Realty, Inc. - Eau Claire, WI

Eau Claire Wisconsin, Real Estate Agent & Realtor- Buy or Sell

The new Facebook API allows quite a bit its just new and a matter of programming stuff for it. There is a lot of new stuff already though. I guess I am more of a facebook person because I like the face. I can see Twitter being useful but it may get swallowed up here. I didnt link to the stories rumoring it being bought out by Facebook.

Mar 05, 2009 02:39 PM

Roy Kelley

Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks for the post. Good to know that the 5,000 friend limit will be changed.

Mar 06, 2009 12:53 AM

Jim Cheney

Saint Francis Property Santa Rosa, CA - Santa Rosa, CA

Rincon Valley Realtor 707.494.1055

I never quite knew how to use twitter to benifit my busines. I'd like to see some of these social networks consolidate so I don't have to open a bunch of diff. programs

Mar 09, 2009 04:34 AM

Sean Goerss

14 Moves Real Estate Keller Williams Premier Realty - Saint Paul, MN

Jim - try www.Ping.fm for a quick way to send updates to as many or as few social media sites (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, etc.) as you would like.

Sean Goerss
Realtor, St. Paul, MN
Co-Founder
www.RealEstateTechnologyExperts.com

Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/seangoerss
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/seangoerss

Mar 09, 2009 01:45 PM

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Amazonia, MO

Facebook is trying their hardest to overcome the Twitter explosion. I don't Facebook will ever be a Twitter though, they are completely separate breeds. Facebook is simply a "closed" system and Twitter is "open". Facebook will never be a Twitter simply because of this principal. Twitter's explosion is because of the up-to-date news/alert feel. Facebook can't achieve this being a closed loop system where you have to be "friends" with someone in most cases to see their stream of data. If Facebook changes their whole system, I think they are going to mess up the very thing that makes them successful.

Facebook is doing great new things, but if they get ahead of themselves they will make mistakes. They've already changed the "public pages" into something like profile pages, and the reponse was initially negative by many long time FB users... They just have to be careful...

Facebook wants to be where Twitter is right now. Twitter has an OVERWHELMING characteristc that FB doesn't have, and that is the amount of time people spend using the system. Twitter has been adopted into many people's Social Network with tools such as Tweetdeck, TwitterFox, Friendfeed and many others. This allows users to have a constant daily connection to their account, and allows them on-the-fly updates of their Twitter. This keeps people logged in longer and keeps people using Twitter more.

Facebook doesn't have this, and they want it bad. They would love their users to log in all day long and send updates and connect with their network, but right now FB is not that kind of system. Maybe they'll figure out what they need to do this year to compete, but right now FB doesn't even hold a stick to Twitter.

I think this blog post should be named: Twitter is Sticking a Fork in Facebook: It's Done....

And don't even get me started on Friendfeed, Friendfeed is getting ready to erupt huge. 2009 will bring big things to the technology world, and that's "Data portability" and "Microblogging" as a standard. Blogrolls will turn into Tweetrolls... "Share This" will turn into "Tweet This". "Trackbacks" will turn into "Tweetbacks".

Mar 10, 2009 05:43 PM

Sean Goerss

14 Moves Real Estate Keller Williams Premier Realty - Saint Paul, MN

Jason - loved your take on Twitter vs. Facebook.

I'm going to check in to FriendFeed - are you using it now?

Sean Goerss
Realtor, St. Paul, MN
Co-Founder
www.RealEstateTechnologyExperts.com

Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/seangoerss
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/seangoerss

Mar 11, 2009 02:45 PM

Shane OnullGorman

Eau Claire Realty, Inc. - Eau Claire, WI

Eau Claire Wisconsin, Real Estate Agent & Realtor- Buy or Sell

Well facebook almost bought Twitter and still could. But if Facebook adds any more functionality that Twitter offers that could be the end. Many are speculating it. This is only the first of many things planned. Facebook has many many more users than Twitter and thats why its such a big deal.

Friendfeed is owned by Twitter. I am on there. I just dont use it.

Mar 11, 2009 03:18 PM

Israel Hunter

RE/MAX Ideal Brokers Inc. - Medford, OR

I am using twitter alot more now than i used to. mostly all my blog feeds are posting on my twitter page

Feb 21, 2010 06:39 PM