I got to together with some friends last night for happy hour. Among our conversation topics were weekend plans, love lives(or lack-there-of) and twitter... Sorry, I'm only going to dish about our twitter convo.
We are all on twitter for different capacities: work, personal, networking and research. Not once did Facebook come up in our conversation. I began to think to myself, is Facebook dying? Facebook is one of the most visited websites in the world. Yet, they still can't turn a profit. The highest growing segment is women age 55+. Facebook will most likely be around for many years to come, but just like the jock who peaks in high school, Facebook's days of being popular are numbered. That is a big statement I know. Unless Facebook can bring some new life to its site and bring back the intrigue we all went there for in the first place, I think Facebook is a sinking ship.
Admitingly I am a Facebook user, but since I opened my twitter account, I am on twitter all day and check Facebook once or twice... Because Twitter is so new and fresh to so many they have the advantage. Twitter can learn from mistakes of other social media sites and soar. Twitter the ball is in your court. Facebook, you are in the last set, don't go down without a fight!
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Since I am new to twitter, I am still feeling the excitement: of something unique, simple and inherently fulfilling. Who would have thought writing about yourself could actually bring joy? For the work purpose alone, I am thrilled; it is a low cost alternative to inform your audience. I can't wait to learn more about how to use it in the future. And for the record, I will not put my work on facebook, as I agree it could be dying, but most importantly, its overused by organizations trying to get their word out and we are starting to filter facebook ads/groups/events/causes the same way we do spam in our emails- possibly just overused.
ReplyDeleteOoo, I really like your comment about filtering facebook like emails, I need to figure out how to do that! Doesn't everyone like writing about themselves, just like talking about themselves? I'm not a huge fan of writing, but Twitter isn't the classical way of writting. Business writing is going out the window, will all communication be done through 140 characters?
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