In what ways is Twitter better/different than Facebook?

[Joel]

Twitter and facebook are two fundamentally different things.

Twitter places a limit on the amount of text a "tweet", or status update, can have. The purpose of twitter is just to tell others what you are doing, reading, viewing, thinking, etc. in a very short amount of words. The focus is not on comprehensive "profiles" as it is with facebook. Twitter is basically JUST the "status update" portion of facebook.


Twitter's advantage is that you can find out about news and "trending topics" very quickly as many people will often update as soon as something happens in the world. Facebook is a little more lethargic in that matter.

Facebook is typically better for having conversations with friends, planning events or storing photos and memories.