User:Wissutak/Homework No.2 Twitter Faceoff

1. How is Facebook and Twitter the same?


 * Facebook and Twitter are free-access social networking websites that the users can contact their friends. However, there are some differences between Facebook and Twitter. The main purpose of Facebook's users is to reconnect with their old friends, family members or find new friends online. Also, there are many applications on Facebook such as games, instant messaging, image/video sharing, and even chat. On the other hand, the main activity of Twitter's users is just let others know what they are up to at any moment. Twitter provides a bigger social network. You can communicate with other people that are not your close friends. You can connect with people you don't even know! Moreover, I just found out that we can tag our friends within status update on Facebook by typing @symbol before a friend's name. It is the same way when we want to reply back to other users in Twitter!

2. Why do you think Facebook is worried about competition from Twitter?


 * I think Twitter is easier to access. When you want to update what you are up to at the moment, it is easier to update on Twitter. And now people like to update their status via mobile phone. Twitter is much easier to access on mobile phone. Furthermore, because of the fact that we can connect with people we don't know on Twitter such as celebrities, there are more people going to Twitter to follow their favorite celebrities or brands. People start to follow favorite celebrities on Twitter because they can get updates in real time. On the other hand, Facebook has Fan Pages but it hasn’t really success on that.