Twitter, the concept, works. Twitter, when used via a third-party application, does not. I probably wouldn’t use Twitter as much if they didn’t have a Jabber screen name that I can send updates to. That functionality broke down a little while ago, with no resolution, so I stopped using Twitter and resorted to Facebook for my status updates.
Then, Facebook integrated with all of the other web 2.0 units, and I can now twitter from Facebook. Except, I can’t. That functionality is broken, too. I’m not venturing to the main site to make my updates. Since I tweet when my fingers are itchy and I don’t have much time, I don’t mind just using Status updates on Facebook.
But that makes me ask myself: for those of us who enjoy status updates, what value does Twitter add if all of our friends are on Facebook anyway? Off the top of my head: an organized list of one line journal entries - Facebook’s status updates get covered in a bunch of Web static. Nonetheless, would I have asked myself that question if I could’ve updated Twitter and Facebook simulataneoeously?
Broken down functionality gives just enough pause to question whether or not I need the system. Surely that’s bad news for Twitter. As it is, most of my friends that have tried the service didn’t get it.
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