Comments on: Twitter vs. FaceBook

By: Denver

Denver — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:39:05 +0000

In my opnion Facebook is Better than Twitter!!

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:12:27 +0000

I find Twitter too fast for me (and I’m not old at all). I think it is more for teenagers than me, but I keep reading how important people think it is and i wonder… Is it really useful or it’s just another fame-thing that keeps Twitter working?

By: Des Walsh

Des Walsh — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:55:53 +0000

I agree. Illustration on networking. On Twitter today a colleague in Brisbane Australia asked about Web 2.0 conferences in Europe in mid-April, I emailed Krishna De, she replied with a link, I noticed her Twitter tag and am now following her and on her site she linked to a conference where you are a speaker, I thought, hmmm, top Irish blogger, eh? Why is he not in my RSS? Now you are. Twitter is the social web on speed.

By: Ben Tamblyn

Ben Tamblyn — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:22:16 +0000

Tom, this is really interesting - I still see Twitter as being more of a “micro social network” whereas FB is very much the macro. As a result there’s a lot more noise on FB which possibly makes it a poor medium for the test you’ve applied. Yes there are a huge number of followers (for you) on Twitter but perhaps your “micro network” in Twitter is more relevant in getting this feedback…Really interesting post.

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Tools of choice: Twitter vs. Facebook : perkettprsuasion.com — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:45:51 +0000

[...] Media consultant Tom Raftery recently wrote a blog post about the power of Twitter versus Facebook as communications tools. Tom had recently used both tools to aid his search for a new job. [...]

By: Jeff Glasson

Jeff Glasson — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:27:57 +0000

Tom,

Add me to the list for agreeing with your post. I’ve always seen Facebook as a more passive tool for communicating with my friends and peers. Its less formal than LinkedIn and can still let me be me!

I joined Twitter early last year just to see what it was all about, and I didn’t have any real intentions about using it as a serious networking tool. Almost a year later, its connected me with more people than I’ve met in the last five. The ability to use it for virtually “instant” feedback is amazing.

Good luck with the job search!

-Jeff

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:32:19 +0000

@Dan Mosqueda - absolutely, and the examples you give are far better than my own, thanks for adding that.

@Bryan - true, the speed with which you receive responses on Twitter is tremendous

@Dan York - thanks for the kind words. I remember reading your post back in December and being highly impressed with it, thanks again.

@JuanLuis - The simplicity (as well as the immediacy) of Twitter is a huge part of its appeal.

By: Laurent Blondeau (Evidences)

Laurent Blondeau (Evidences) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:30:41 +0000

Yes Dan, I saw your text too ; I trackbacked it to FB, few weeks ago, on my profile.

By: Laurent Blondeau (Evidences)

Laurent Blondeau (Evidences) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:47:25 +0000

Hi Tom,
totally OK with you ; adding that Twitter is a really “kind engine”, more simple and direct stuff ; and we often in daily life, miss some opportunities to be “as we are”, that is simple citizens, sharing what we have, but no more, in simple ways. And Twitter is answering to that simple question : “as I do anything, at each moment, I can tell it to the entire world”, and THAT is magic !
Best R.

By: JuanLuis

JuanLuis — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:45:30 +0000

Same for me, Tom. I prefer Twitter as a communication tool vs Facebook. I find Facebook very dificult to find something o somebody inside. And when I’m back in FB I don’t remember where I have to go o what to attend… just kidding, but very close to the way I feel the FB interface…

Twitter is so easy…

By: Dan York

Dan York — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:28:52 +0000

Tom, nice post. I’ve actually linked the two so that when I change my status in Facebook that shows up in Twitter. However, I don’t honestly find myself changing the status that much in Facebook anymore. Twitter makes it just incredibly easy to update… and that’s its huge advantage.

I, too, have found Twitter to be incredibly useful. I posted about some of those reasons back in December: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2007/12/the-10-ways-i-l.html

(And the fact that I am even here on your site speaks to Twitter’s value… I saw you mention this in a tweet!)

Best wishes on the job hunt,
Dan

By: Bryan Person, Bryper.com

Bryan Person, Bryper.com — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:42:34 +0000

Absolutely spot-on, Tom. I also find the Twitter crowd to be more active — and immediate — than my Facebook network.

I’ll actually be hosting a social media breakfast in Boston next week, where we’ll be having four speakers giving brief presentations on this topic: “How Twitter Changed My Life — and Can Change Yours.”

If you have a good network and you regularly give back to that network by participating in conversations they start, you’ll be rewarded.

By: Dan Mosqueda

Dan Mosqueda — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:42:01 +0000

Tom,

You couldn’t be more right. I understand FB can be useful for communicating, but it’s so difficult to navigate, to my mind.

Moreover, look at what we did on Twitter for Susan Reynolds (Frozen Peas) and for Ashley Spencer’s family. And that’s just in our circle on Twitter.

It is indeed very powerful.

Cheers,

Dan Mosqueda