Comments on: Good News: Facebook’s Deal for Twitter Fails

By: zong

zong — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:17:37 +0000

Also what is the point. Twitter has "only" 6 million users and writing Twitter clone based on Facebook technology is not even a big deal. They have the infrastructure and already pretty similar functionality so they could write it themselves. So I don't think that if they buy, it is not because they want to integrate Twitter into Facebook. It is because they think that Twitter as a brand is the most valuable asset.

By: Mike Templeton

Mike Templeton — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:38:39 +0000

Twitter (by my definition and opinion) HAS to live outside of a platform like Facebook. It isn't something like IntenseDebate that be acquired and integrated into WordPress.

The architecture is different. The audience is different. Even just swapping out Facebook's own 'status updates' feature for Twitter wouldn't make sense.

I'm glad to see they passed on the deal and have instead decided to keep moving along their own path.

By: Rob Williams

Rob Williams — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:41:18 +0000

I don't think they will though. I think they want to stay in the walled-garden. The let RSS and email out, but Twitter wouldn't help them get out much. I agree, if they want out, there's better ways to do it.

By: markevans

markevans — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:25:04 +0000

You would assume Facebook would simply improve its microblogging platform by doing something like rolling out a AIR client or setting up a standalone online entity that would be Facebook-friendly.

This strikes as one of those typical Web 2.0 deals that, in theory, looks good but never works out as planned.

Mark

By: Rob Williams

Rob Williams — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:19:28 +0000

I'm not sure I understand why it would be a good move either. Facebook already uses microblogging via wall/status updates. You can add Twitter app to Facebook to cross-post from Twitter to Facebook. No need to merge them, they already are.