I have decided to make a list of pros and cons for both Twitter and Facebook to help me pick the superior social media tread. I have to say, i am a little bias because before ALES 204, Twitter did not exist in my internet world.
Pros-befriend long lost friends
-live news feed
-fun games
-liked button
-event calendar
-birthday reminders (A MUST!)
-facebook chat
-photo uploads and viewing other peoples photos
-career related profiles
-career related profiles
Cons
-consumes your life
-makes you addicted to checking it at least twice a day
-makes you addicted to checking it at least twice a day
-keeps you up at night chatting
-time consuming
-makes you procrastinate
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/
Pros
-short status and not paragraphs to read
-numerous links to other websites
-no limiting to posting
-global audience
-celebrities use it
-get to follow people that you have never met in real life
-find tweets on every topic in the history of mankind
-better for mobile use that Facebook
-better for mobile use that Facebook
Cons
-word limit (some of us have lots to say)
-only limited to reading status (profile picture does not cut it sometimes)
-reading pointless statuses
-only limited to reading status (profile picture does not cut it sometimes)
-reading pointless statuses
-too many notifications if you follow many people or if its just one enthusiastic twitterer
-causes people to tweet instead of reporting danger
So what to choose: Facebook my long time friend or twitter my newly made friend? I choose... BOTH =D Because it never hurt any one to have more than one friend, or social media options in this case. I also get to have the best of both worlds and I'm not going to argue with that. Check out Dana's blog where she talks about other social network websites.
5 comments:
Well done. Having a face-off between Twitter and Facebook is an excellent and compelling way to highlight features of both products. I agree with your points. I would add to your Facebook Pros list that Facebook is also an excellent way to post a career-related profile or online CV. For an extra Pro for Twitter, I would add that Twitter is much better suited to the mobile platform as compared to Facebook.
This is an interesting blog post. You definitely summed up the pros and cons of each social media tool, and if anyone is debating between the two they should definitely check out your blog post. I think I use them both equally, however find more people are into Facebook versus Twitter. I do enjoy that you are able to follow celebrities who you are likely never to meet but somehow feel connected. Also agree that Facebook birthday reminders are a definite must! Very helpful!
One of my pet peeves about facebook is all the advertising and games! You cannot get away from it! And for the reason I love twitter. I think this is a great outline of the two social media outlets and clearly shows your opinion on which you prefer, which turns out, is both!
Great post Linda! I pretty much agree with all your pros and cons for Facebook and Twitter. Facebook allows you to stay in touch with friends and reminds you of birthdays while Twitter allows you to follow anyone you want, including celebrities! They both are wonderful social media tools and I wouldn't choose one over the other either. I just hope it doesn't consume all of mankind and take away from having real conversations!
- Ashley Mu
This is a really creative post. I personally prefer Facebook simply because twitter doesn't allow me to fully express myself.
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