Twitter v. Facebook

Twitter v. Facebook
By, Emily Howard

Twitter v. Facebook- As a social outlet for connecting with people, I have found that Facebook v. Twitter might be a pressing question in the minds of many people. Isn’t using one, or even both, telling the world what you might be thinking, doing, eating or experiencing a little, dare I say, self indulgent? Well, humankind does have a need to connect to one another, and now we are in more ways than we can count. As a facebook user first, I was quite reluctant to jump in the world of Twitterdom. It seemed pointless, and a little clumsy compared to the ease of Facebook, and the reality of whom I was talking to. With Twitter, people are following me. Facebook we are friends, and usually, we really are. Twitter you have advertising and agendas, Facebook, you do, but they are easily ignored as you check status updates of your top 5 friends. Twitter is continuous and you can never read every single Tweet as they call them, unless that is all you did. The more people you follow the more Twitter is a mess of thoughts, unorganized Tweets of meaningless facts about perhaps meaningful people. I have found Facebook is more personable. It is real, true relationships, unless you friend people you don’t know. I have used Twitter to follow people I do not know personally, but enjoy their work, blogs, or companies. I then get updates and even can have conversations with them. I got a hiking tip from The Colorado Guy, who although I feel like I know him, is just another personality on the Web. It is interesting to Navigate, and although Twitter does not have me in it’s grip quite yet, I understand why people are doing it, but much prefer the personable attention Facebook has to offer instead. Round 1 goes to Facebook.