Submitted by Scbalazs:
For the past couple of months, every A-Lister from Robert Scoble to Steve Rubel has been singing the praises of Friendfeed (Rubel thinks it could become as big as Google). And now that Twitter seems intent on self-destructing, even Tech Crunch has joined the fray, proclaiming that everyone is leaving Twitter for Friendfeed. (Read More)
: Plurk has a great interface but faces an uphill battle in the era of 'Twitter's down again' I've spoken with a few friends who are frustrated with Twitter always going down so why would they want to switch to something similar that no one uses and may go down.
Plurk is neat in that it seems to be more conversational, I'll still keep my account for now
: I'm on both Plurk and Twitter, and I must say Plurk's search capability is horrid: makes finding people to follow next to impossible. As a result, I'm pretty much Plurking to myself, and that's no fun regardless of how 'pretty' the interface is.
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
I understand why people find it hard to see twitter as anything more than ‘fun’ and a ‘waste fo time’ - and indeed it can be both of those things (separately and together in fact!).
But Twitter can also be a great business and marketing tool. (Read More)
: I agree, Twitter is an excellent tool for networking. Perhaps it's a generational thing, Millenials and Xrs seem to be pretty adamant about having fun with our careers. We work as hard as our parents did, but we want cartoon whales and chatty friends to be a part of the daily grind.
: I am part of the re.net crowd that is adopting social media to create transparency and innovation in Real Estate. Many of the early adopters gather on Twitter....truth be told, Between Twitter and FriendFeed, this is where i get most of my industry news.
: I think Twitter can be used as a business tool. Just look at what Southwest Air, Zappos and others are doing with it. I think it's really a question of what you want to accomplish with tools like Twitter and then work it into the framework of your business.