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torifile
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2009-05-06, 09:13

The best description of what Twitter does differently or better than Facebook is that Twitter connects you to people you don't know while Facebook connects you to people you do.

The value of Twitter for me has been in being able to search for specific terms and follow those people, whom I've never met in real life and probably don't want to, who have similar interests and thoughts. There's no investment in the relationship, I'm not worried about some stranger knowing anything about me I don't put on the publicly accessible web, etc.

As for a "business model"? People who don't yet realize that data is the most valuable and prized resource on the web don't get it. How much data does Twitter have? Can you imagine the targeted ad placement? Combine that with a very efficient and low cost enterprise and Twitter will be making money hand over fist very soon.

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