Of course, if Twitter keeps failing it will go down very fast. They should think in outsourcing the IT :P...
xericwit
· 3 months ago
Twitter wins. Open Platform I think is the key. FB is the Vampire Diaries to Twitter's True Blood. The flow is too stifled on FB. I'm guessing the FB results only pull from those who haven't figured out how to filter their info and/or block the account. I have to friend someone to be able to post replies regardless.The apps seem to be in free fall fail recently. Mashable Twitter etiquette is to not install the Twitter application on Facebook if you send more than 10 tweets per day because it leads to confusion (http://is.gd/2kstZ), if this is so, then I don't think FB users as a whole (read: mom, grandpa, all those who block their content) will have any easier time understanding live searches or the instant conversations that it entails. It's not the nature of the beast.
"It has also become one of the top tools for tracking major world events (i.e. the #IranElection crisis)."
You mean "(e.g. the #IranElection crisis)."
i.e. basically means "in other words," so rephrasing what you just said. e.g. means "for example."
I would hazard there has been more than one major world event tracked on Twitter--otherwise the "i.e." would be adequate.
To actually comment and not be a jerk: Facebook search freaks me out, even if the search only goes through public material. Twitter has turned into "this is what is going on with me and around me" while Facebook is still "this is what my life is like." Searching people's lives is a bit different than searching their environments. I think Twitter already has the leg-up on searching for news, since Facebook is still seen as more of a social networking thing for students/young people, while Twitter is used by news companies, celebrities, "professionals," and so on (as well as students, although we all know Teens Don't Tweet).
Marcell
· 3 months ago
I love how myspace is not in the scene anymore. Twitter has to be one of the fattest growing social networking sites of all time. Its great!
People Search
· 3 months ago
Unfortunately for Twitter, though, Facebook has more to offer its users than just microblogging and real-time search.
James McMullen
· 3 months ago
Neither. Http://www.yauba.com and other third party sites will be the winners, since Yauba and their kind overcome the problem of having to go to both twitter AND facebook.
followginger
· 3 months ago
Twitter filters real time searches more than you think Its probably in the thousands now so you can not say it is truly a representation of real-time search they do this because there is so much spam on twitter and they don’t want you to see that! a lot of tweeters do not know they have broken one of the #spamrules and are filtered out of the search along with the spammers. Getting them to fix it is as difficult as contacting eBay once your flagged (ignoring problems is certainly becoming a part of twitter) good luck working it out.
Caroline Batter
· 3 months ago
It would be interesting to know the %age of public sites on FB - also after the backlash on FB re. content and privacy earlier this year what the friends and familly only FB users will make of it.
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· 3 months ago
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ladycooper
· 3 months ago
Who cares who actually started something? what people cares are who provide the best at every single point of time.
example, any cares who invented ATM machine for money withdrawal? we only care which bank offer more machine/conveniences when we need to withdraw money. right?
hacker
· 3 months ago
twitter
RJFerret
· 3 months ago
Let's see, a service that can't be accessed publicly versus Twitter, accessible to everyone, via any type of connectivity? As long as one is an ivory tower excluding some from interacting, it'll always just be a clique phenomena for a subset.
Twitter meanwhile is quick/easy/open/available/embracing--one-stop shopping for EVERYONE. For my friends who use the walled garden, they also have to remember to email or call or otherwise share individually with other friends--far more of a burden.
That being said, I wish Twitter's search include more legacy, or Google captured more than about half.
melaniewidmann
· 3 months ago
How does Bing figure in all this? They provide search right - so if it's Twitter versus Facebook is it really Twitter versus Bing?
Mike W
· 3 months ago
Facebook is not Twitter, there is no competition here. Each real time search will display results based on the service. I could give 2 squirts of you know what about what people on facebook are doing, especially those with a public profile that I don't know. That is what Twitter is for, and the search is going to bring up results that matter, not personal junk about people I don't know.
If Facebook stuck to what it was intended to be, it would be so much better. Instead, FB wants to be Twitter and more, and it is quickly becoming bloated and just stupid. I believe FB will crumble in a couple of years due to its own lack of identity.
Rajesh K
· 3 months ago
FB has more applications not owned but allowing third parties to keeping you engaged and helping you to socialise... whilst Twitter is undisputed when it comes to breaking news / contents to exchanges. With unmatched growth Twitter has the edge of growing and will attract more Unique Twitters and companies coming forward to be part of,... i dont think we should debate as to if FB will win over Twitter or Twitter win over FB... in my opinion both are essentials of todays corp and social networking.... kudos to both for allowing us to socialise, exchange and garner contents and materials for our learning.....
Ola Rynge
· 3 months ago
Twitter and Facebook serve two very different purposes for most people. I perceive the services as follow:
Twitter is more for business use and the tweets are often recommendations for further reading.
Facebook is more personal and the status updates are just that, status updates.
For me it is interesting to follow both of them, to tap into what my friends and business colleagues are talking about, but also to see what the big mass is saying in my areas of interest.
My problem today is that while Twitter allows me to subscribe to searches via RSS, Facebook does not (at least not as far as I can see), which is a huge disadvantage in my opinion.
Rita
· 3 months ago
Twitter is better for real time search since it's simple so lots of people keep their tweets public. Facebook displays too many personal details about people therefore most people keep their Facebook profiles private. That means there won't be as many statuses to search through like Twitter. If Facebook made their profiles more private (i.e. choose to display your last name only to certain people or make it private) then there would be real competition.
Scott
· 3 months ago
All I hear on TV and radio these days is Twitter, loads of famous people use it, big media organisations, it can only get bigger and better,
sunshine
· 3 months ago
hi.people
andrewmueller
· 3 months ago
Come on now. Facebook and Twitter only search real time info resident in their own platforms, neither of which may be around in a few years. While these services may disappear the sharing of real time info on the internet is here to stay. The winner will be a technology (I'd bet on Google) that searches the internet and all platforms for real time information.
Dusan
· 3 months ago
Andrew: yes. I've put it in one line above. :-) Anyway, currently there's money in talking about twitter and FB. :-)
andrewmueller
· 3 months ago
Dusan: true it is news to talk about Twitter and Facebook.
andrewmueller
· 3 months ago
Σχολή Χορού
· 3 months ago
There is no doubt in my opinion that twitter will win real time search, the future of reporting as successfully defined in other posts, everyone at its own field.
Mark Sorsa-Leslie
· 3 months ago
Google wave...trust me...real-time means something we actually constantly...with the best will in the world, both FB and Twitter are still systems you need to choose to use...email, IM and other RT chat tools are now tools of the trade. Wave will bring them all together in a glorious RT mash-up...
skykid
· 3 months ago
I support Twitter since its very first days. Facebook is such a bore
josephgelb
· 3 months ago
My bet is with Twitter
ffoucaud
· 3 months ago
"The market's big enough for both of them" What I have understood is that twitter is public blogging with followers whereas facebook is more private with friends. The search is done in different scopes.
Facebook Application Developer
· 3 months ago
I think facebook will win in real time search because facebook users are more than twitter.
Francesco Paciocco
· 3 months ago
Great article and side-by side comparison. I think people will begin to migrate to Facebook search as the opinion/content created by their friends is of value, however, I don't think Facebook or Twitter search will surpass Google/Bing--the data indexed there is just so much more and far-reaching.
With Twitter, I'd like to see them improve upon their search features. Third parties are starting to offer quality alternatives in addition to the standard Twitter search--look at Twazzup.
Josh Tucker
· 3 months ago
Twitter is all the rage right now but I see it fading out very soon. FB I see staying strong for a long time to come.
Your Name*lisa
· 3 months ago
i thk facebook will tk it up.
therealjosh
· 3 months ago
I think the Facebook version will have some cumbersome aspects to it vs. the Twitter live search. I can only imagine how doing a search on Facebook and having to add a person as a friend to be able to talk to them. That would burn up the 5k friend limit in a hurry just trying to communicate. Facebook does have a wide reach and more barriers to entry hopefully adding to the usefulness of the content being searched, but the downside the slowing the process of "real-time" search. Give and takes on both sides.
Kevin
· 3 months ago
I think it boils down to habit. As with most things people continue to do what they are used to. Which ever you are normally on FB or Twitter, that is the one you will use out of habit.
You have to admin that even on facebook, most of those Mashable results are Tweets that someone also Facebook'd. Twitter is much more promotion-driven than Facebook in real-time results.
I voted Google/Bing because in the end, I prefer an educated article on a subject over a hundred people's random (tweets) thoughts in chatspeak, and I'm sure most other people eventually will too.
benjaminjtaylor
· 3 months ago
Google.
brad Hogan
· 3 months ago
Twitter v. Facebook. ... The LA Galaxy v. Manchester Utd. ... The Detroit Lions v. a Division I football program ...
If you wanted to write the sequel to War and Peace, would you search the libraries of the US only or would you like access to libraries of the world (Russia, EU, etc.), museums, interviews, ... ?
Keep in mind, if you have more room to search, there is a lot more to sift through as well... luckily with the internet you can just click. My example could get pricey with airfares these days.
realgdog
· 3 months ago
Who gives a flying frenchman about real time search. What complete bull shot. The fact that two companies who lose kaboodles of money each month are able to dominate headlines is a sad comment on the state of discourse in this industry (my own quasi vulgarities aside of course).
To the all who have never had to make a dime save the charity of venture capitalists, silly marketers, and just plain... , know this. When it comes to search, Google is all the matters. Microsoft gives a twatter about anything else. They make a lot of money, and money is what matters in this game.
Screw facebook, screw twitter, I have seen others come for more, and go for a lot less. They too will die. Google will battle Microsoft, and oh what a battle it will be.
The lines have been drawn, choose your sides, and nothing else really matters.
Cananito
· 3 months ago
Real time search with twitter is so much easier and faster, I think Facebook should stick to the traditional social network site it is, it's great and defiantly the best.
Hero-Business
· 3 months ago
powerful analysis...great article..i share this on my facebook and twitter
Jim
· 3 months ago
Does it really matter who wins? each have it's own unique content and user context... the real winners will be social aggregators, like StatusSearch.net (although really slow lately, but amazing ly useful).
Steave
· 3 months ago
Of course, if Twitter keeps failing it will go down very fast. They should think in outsourcing the IT :P.....
All Comments
The flow is too stifled on FB. I'm guessing the FB results only pull from those who haven't figured out how to filter their info and/or block the account. I have to friend someone to be able to post replies regardless.The apps seem to be in free fall fail recently. Mashable Twitter etiquette is to not install the Twitter application on Facebook if you send more than 10 tweets per day because it leads to confusion (http://is.gd/2kstZ), if this is so, then I don't think FB users as a whole (read: mom, grandpa, all those who block their content) will have any easier time understanding live searches or the instant conversations that it entails. It's not the nature of the beast.
"It has also become one of the top tools for tracking major world events (i.e. the #IranElection crisis)."
You mean "(e.g. the #IranElection crisis)."
i.e. basically means "in other words," so rephrasing what you just said.
e.g. means "for example."
I would hazard there has been more than one major world event tracked on Twitter--otherwise the "i.e." would be adequate.
To actually comment and not be a jerk: Facebook search freaks me out, even if the search only goes through public material. Twitter has turned into "this is what is going on with me and around me" while Facebook is still "this is what my life is like." Searching people's lives is a bit different than searching their environments. I think Twitter already has the leg-up on searching for news, since Facebook is still seen as more of a social networking thing for students/young people, while Twitter is used by news companies, celebrities, "professionals," and so on (as well as students, although we all know Teens Don't Tweet).
^^*K i s s C o u g a r.COM**^^^^^is the best choice for u.......u can check it out ==
what people cares are who provide the best at every single point of time.
example, any cares who invented ATM machine for money withdrawal?
we only care which bank offer more machine/conveniences when we need to withdraw money. right?
Twitter meanwhile is quick/easy/open/available/embracing--one-stop shopping for EVERYONE. For my friends who use the walled garden, they also have to remember to email or call or otherwise share individually with other friends--far more of a burden.
That being said, I wish Twitter's search include more legacy, or Google captured more than about half.
If Facebook stuck to what it was intended to be, it would be so much better. Instead, FB wants to be Twitter and more, and it is quickly becoming bloated and just stupid. I believe FB will crumble in a couple of years due to its own lack of identity.
Twitter is more for business use and the tweets are often recommendations for further reading.
Facebook is more personal and the status updates are just that, status updates.
For me it is interesting to follow both of them, to tap into what my friends and business colleagues are talking about, but also to see what the big mass is saying in my areas of interest.
My problem today is that while Twitter allows me to subscribe to searches via RSS, Facebook does not (at least not as far as I can see), which is a huge disadvantage in my opinion.
What I have understood is that twitter is public blogging with followers whereas facebook is more private with friends. The search is done in different scopes.
With Twitter, I'd like to see them improve upon their search features. Third parties are starting to offer quality alternatives in addition to the standard Twitter search--look at Twazzup.
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I voted Google/Bing because in the end, I prefer an educated article on a subject over a hundred people's random (tweets) thoughts in chatspeak, and I'm sure most other people eventually will too.
If you wanted to write the sequel to War and Peace, would you search the libraries of the US only or would you like access to libraries of the world (Russia, EU, etc.), museums, interviews, ... ?
Keep in mind, if you have more room to search, there is a lot more to sift through as well... luckily with the internet you can just click. My example could get pricey with airfares these days.
To the all who have never had to make a dime save the charity of venture capitalists, silly marketers, and just plain... , know this. When it comes to search, Google is all the matters. Microsoft gives a twatter about anything else. They make a lot of money, and money is what matters in this game.
Screw facebook, screw twitter, I have seen others come for more, and go for a lot less. They too will die. Google will battle Microsoft, and oh what a battle it will be.
The lines have been drawn, choose your sides, and nothing else really matters.