I really wish that Facebook would understand the difference between apples and oranges.
When I want a piece of soft juicy citrus I eat an orange. When I want a refreshing crunchy keep-the-doctor-away fruit, I eat an apple. I don't stop liking apples because oranges are a plenty.
Some of us do not want the whole world to know what we do, what we think, what we want to share. Some of want to share one sort of thing with one group and another sort of thing with another group.
I do not want my private (Facebook) and my public professional (Twitter) lives to cross-over 100%.
I really hated the recent FB changes and have stopped using it as often as I used to because these days it's just one big river of non stop information - like Twitter.
I am no longer able to connect in the way that I used to with my friends and family members. To think that this may even increase is just annoying.
Twitter is in and of itself, an overload of information so I have a tweetdeck to wean out what I really want to read - when I miss a good friend's baby pictures because there's too much going on on Facebook, it depresses me.
Katey Starling - 15 years ago
I don't Twitter but do have a Facebook account. As long as this is optional & I retain the option to stay private, I believe it is a good move. If on the otherhand, FB decides my only option is to to participate in an open platform, I will be gone in a heartbeat. I use FB to stay connected with people I actually know in real life and I expect to have the final control over my information, how it is seen and used.
Personally, I'm not convinced social media is truly a 2-way conversation and as such one of value. It appears much more as individuals having there say but not doing much listening nor sharpening their veiwpoints through reciprical discourse. As these platforms are searchable and will be retrievable long into the future, it just seems prudent to screen what you put out there for public consumption. Today you may not care, but you never know how you will feel about something years from now and who will have access to it. Make no mistake, we live in a world where employers, creditors, government and the like use this information daily to make decisions about who you are and how you are "likely" to behave. I desire to retain full control over who I give the right to have this information and how it will be used. So if Fb can figure a way to offer both, I think it is a great move. If not, I do think they will alienate at least one user - me :)
Dian Sofia - 15 years ago
It would be interesting if there is a Twitter component attached to FB but since Twitter already exists, I don't see how the additional feature changes anything. Since FB was in existence before Twitter (right?) a goodly sum of Twitterati are also on FB (like me) and I don't see why I'd want to sure my personal life and photos etc with the world at large. I only want to share bite sized information in real time to the world at large i.e. what Twitter is for.
Bear in mind a large percentage of Mashable devotees are Twitterati, so they may have an unbending loyalty to Twitter over Facebook and in particular a desire not to see Twitter overtaken by the giant which is Facebook.
I am conflicted on what will happen, but i believe opening up the newsfeed to Twitterify Facebook will make Facebook an even stronger proposition.
I think a question we should ask ourselves is: instead of being on both platforms what would happen if we could do both the social bit and the 160 character bit on one platform... Facebook...?!
Geoff
Melissa - 15 years ago
I'm indifferent about the "Twitter-like" open platform, but I'm looking forward to the privacy options changes coming to Publisher. I will definitely make use of the different options for sharing.
I really wish that Facebook would understand the difference between apples and oranges.
When I want a piece of soft juicy citrus I eat an orange. When I want a refreshing crunchy keep-the-doctor-away fruit, I eat an apple. I don't stop liking apples because oranges are a plenty.
Some of us do not want the whole world to know what we do, what we think, what we want to share. Some of want to share one sort of thing with one group and another sort of thing with another group.
I do not want my private (Facebook) and my public professional (Twitter) lives to cross-over 100%.
I really hated the recent FB changes and have stopped using it as often as I used to because these days it's just one big river of non stop information - like Twitter.
I am no longer able to connect in the way that I used to with my friends and family members. To think that this may even increase is just annoying.
Twitter is in and of itself, an overload of information so I have a tweetdeck to wean out what I really want to read - when I miss a good friend's baby pictures because there's too much going on on Facebook, it depresses me.
I don't Twitter but do have a Facebook account. As long as this is optional & I retain the option to stay private, I believe it is a good move. If on the otherhand, FB decides my only option is to to participate in an open platform, I will be gone in a heartbeat. I use FB to stay connected with people I actually know in real life and I expect to have the final control over my information, how it is seen and used.
Personally, I'm not convinced social media is truly a 2-way conversation and as such one of value. It appears much more as individuals having there say but not doing much listening nor sharpening their veiwpoints through reciprical discourse. As these platforms are searchable and will be retrievable long into the future, it just seems prudent to screen what you put out there for public consumption. Today you may not care, but you never know how you will feel about something years from now and who will have access to it. Make no mistake, we live in a world where employers, creditors, government and the like use this information daily to make decisions about who you are and how you are "likely" to behave. I desire to retain full control over who I give the right to have this information and how it will be used. So if Fb can figure a way to offer both, I think it is a great move. If not, I do think they will alienate at least one user - me :)
It would be interesting if there is a Twitter component attached to FB but since Twitter already exists, I don't see how the additional feature changes anything. Since FB was in existence before Twitter (right?) a goodly sum of Twitterati are also on FB (like me) and I don't see why I'd want to sure my personal life and photos etc with the world at large. I only want to share bite sized information in real time to the world at large i.e. what Twitter is for.
Bear in mind a large percentage of Mashable devotees are Twitterati, so they may have an unbending loyalty to Twitter over Facebook and in particular a desire not to see Twitter overtaken by the giant which is Facebook.
I am conflicted on what will happen, but i believe opening up the newsfeed to Twitterify Facebook will make Facebook an even stronger proposition.
I think a question we should ask ourselves is: instead of being on both platforms what would happen if we could do both the social bit and the 160 character bit on one platform... Facebook...?!
Geoff
I'm indifferent about the "Twitter-like" open platform, but I'm looking forward to the privacy options changes coming to Publisher. I will definitely make use of the different options for sharing.