Facebook vs twitter
1.0 Introduction
Today, twitter and facebook as has become a craze for teenagers around the world. Both the electronic social media is so synonymous with our daily lives. Every day, nearly every corner where there is seen the surf facebook and twitter. It is not only a site link between the contacts, but has become a medium for the dissemination of the latest news around the world.
Excerpted from Ptmk.ump.edu.my, facebook was launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. Initially, it was used as a tool for interaction of students at Harvard University. Facebook also reported a steady increase in daily active and monthly users. Facebook's MAU total climbed to 901 million worldwide, up 32.5 percent from the same period a year ago. (Mark Hachman, April 2012).
Twitter was founded relatively late, in the year 2006 by Jack Dorsey. But the popularity of Twitter there are also great and the rate of registered users increased by so fast. “Twitter was initially derided by some as a tool for the shallow and self-centered to broadcast the minutiae of their lives to the universe “(A+E Networks , 2012). Twitter hit 500 million users, according to Twopcharts.com. “Naturally, the analyst company is on to the next benchmark — the countdown to 600 million registered users”( Joann Pan, 2012).
In this task, I will discuss the effectiveness, efficient, secure-Ability, necessary utilities, features and usability of both websites.
2.0 Effectiveness of facebook and twitter
2.1 Alternative Newspapers
With the increasing popularity of facebook and twitter as a social network, delivering news through newspapers and online news seems not well received. This is a new culture in the mode of delivery, on-line news. Most of the news is spread through facebook and twitter is starting from an individual or individuals. Thus, the validity of written news can be questionable because they are free to write anything. Indirectly, facebook and twitter effectiveness as a platform for news presenter is still a question mark.
2.2 Benefit for Small Businesses
The relationship between social network with a large business has a positive effect very well. However, it is unknown how effective facebook and twitter as a medium of advertising for small businesses. Problems arise when small entrepreneurs to advertise their business in facebook or twitter. An expensive ad space on facebook is not affordable to them. Similarly, advertising rates on twitter. Imagine if the cost of a click sometimes reaches $ 5 for their keyword list. Of course, small entrepreneurs can not afford to pay for their ads on facebook and twitter because they can not profit commensurate with the payment of advertising charges. However, they can advertise their products with the "tagging" on facebook or "twitt" on twitter.
They can also leave a link to their website on hot topics in both these social sites. In this way, small entrepreneurs can advertise their products for free and they can get high traffic if they advertise their website. Can indirectly attract many buyers and can generate greater profits. According posting.com, twitter recorded a higher percentage rate of 78% while only 75% of facebook. This percentage represents the amount of small business owners who are registered and using the social web as a platform for their advertising.
2.3 Learning Space
Twitter and Facebook are also very suitable for the learning space. Through facebook, teachers can create a group and in it can discuss the questions and assignments / training provided. It is not much different from the existing forums on the web. The difference just because it's free. Similarly, twitter, teachers can start topics and the students just follow @ twitter.
3.0 Efficiency of the Facebook and twitter.
3.1 Business and Marketing
Twitter is more streamlined and news oriented. Facebook is more of a platform link between family and friends. Therefore, to find new business partners or customers, twitter more agreeable than facebook. A great quote is: “Facebook is for the people you know while Twitter is for those you want to know.” (Carpinteria, USA, 2012). No doubt facebook is easy to use by all groups. But twitter will become more interesting when you have many followers. No doubt facebook is easy to use by all groups. But twitter will become more interesting when you have many followers. Once they have many followers so much easier to make twitter as a tool for marketing businesses. As we know, facebook is only focusing on family and friends only, then it is difficult to make it as a business marketing field. It is clear that twitter is more efficient to be used as a marketing agent in the business.
3.2 Photo Storage
No doubt every day almost every time users facebook save pictures to their Facebook account. Some people make facebook a second hard disks to store images. In other words there is no limit to users facebook save pictures into their facebook accounts. Unlike twitter, space to store a very limited. This clearly shows that facebook is more efficient place to store pictures.
4.0 Secure-ability of information posted.
In general, there is nothing that can prevent users from making a post or twitt on their wall. However, consumers should remember that post or twitt not controlled can lead to stealing their personal information such as phone number and so on. Therefore, users need to know how to set the security level of their twitter or facebook account.
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| All that is written on the wall will be read by everyone. It is as if we made the announcement to the entire family friend contacts. So what is written on the wall is open and accessible to other partners that we do not know. This situation may invite interest to strangers to intrude into our profile and then steal important information without our consciousness. | The error occurs when users retweet false news. Started when a user "tweet" false news and in the "retweet" by another person without investigating the validity of the news first. Indirectly easily spread false news, and it is an event that is not healthy to be avoided. |
| Facebook controlling personal information with a few settings that need to be made by the user. Facebook displays the full address of a website that was written by the author. In other words, other users can look directly typed the URL address without using the tiny URL. | Twitter limited to 140 words only for a twitt. Url addresses will usually shortened to Tiny URL. This dangerous situation because the user will click to Tiny URL is likely to run applications and then steal personal information. |
5.0 Necessary utilities provided.
5.1 Necessary utilities provided by Facebook
(a) Mobile Facebook
Today, people look facebook website anywhere. Many of them use smartphones or tab Pc. The main thing they do is look at post and the comments from friends. Interestingly all Facebook features available on personal computers is also available on smartphones. So anywhere anytime as long as there is internet, facebook users can upload pictures, comments, tagging, etc. using their smart phones.
(b) Create Poll
In Facebook, users can create a poll either in groups or in public. The purpose of voting is usually to get the views, recommendations or population of a matter. It is very easy and the results of votes can be displayed in various forms such as graphs and charts.
(c) Find Friends
We often use facebook to find old friends. This is one of the important tools provided by Facebook. With the function looking for friends, we can reconnect with our old friends.
5.2 Necessary utilities provided by Twitter
(a) Using Twitterfeed.com
With just 3 easy steps, all post on the website or personal blog can continue to feed into a twitter account. Three steps are as in Figure 1.0 below.
Figure 1.0
Users can also generate statistics and track feeding which they are making. Everything is done directly on-line.
(b) Retweet and Tweet this story
Both of these utility functions for users to share stories, news, video or pictures posted by others. It is to say that we enjoyed with the matter and would like to share with others.
(c) Find Friends
Facilities easiest is to find friends. This is the most basic social networking site should have. Sometimes we have to find old friends who want us to call. Subject to the contacts search for friends already on Twitter, or invite them via email.
6.0 Features of website in terms of learnability
Both facebook and twitter seems to easy to learn. As we see today, almost all secondary school students have a facebook account or twitter. In fact, do not be surprised if we see the primary school also has a facebook and twitter accounts. This is because they are easy to learn and easy to understand.
6.1 Facebook learnability
(a) Simple Start.
Starting with registration as a user of facebook accounts, most of them have no problem to start posting. Just look at figure 2 below. "What's on your mind?". Normally people will continue to think when asked such questions. And directly answer will be defined in the typed statement on the wall. That's how easy it is to learn something new in social media facebook.
Figure 2.0
(b) Add Photo and Tag
The second thing is easy to learn is to insert a picture. From the main screen, users can upload images to be displayed to the public and friends. Next we can also "tag" pictures so that it can be seen other friends automatically.
6.2 Twitter learnability
(a) Easy to use
Similar to facebook, twitter is also easy to use even if a person is not a computer expert. After registering, users will log in and start writing a "tweet" them first. They also can "follow" friends of other twetter by clicking on the link "follow".
(b) Discover
Discover makes twitter users as a traveler. Any information which is in twitter can be found by simply clicking on the link "Discover". Users can search by entering keywords appropriate to their needs.
7.0 Usability of website in terms of memorability
Facebook and Twitter social networking site built on a user-friendly. Therefore, both the consumption function is not so easy to remember. However, there are a few pictures or logo as the logo of "Like" or the "Tweet". We can see the logo "like" facebook anywhere on other websites that are placed by facebook users. Similarly, the symbol "tweet" have anywhere to put the twitter users.
The true meaning of usability in this context is in terms of understanding and speed users using facebook and twitter. As mentioned above, both this site easily and quickly understood and used by the public. Thus, considering the functions of the website was taken over by the learning undertaken in a short time.
7.1 Memorability of Facebook
Facebook gives some confusion in terms of interface. This is because it has many links. Personal links with groups mixed in a page. In addition, there are also many ads on the left and right "wall" of consumers. However, the functions available on the facebook tag can help users to remember the last posts based on the pictures they "tag".
7.2 Memorability of Twitter
Similar to facebook, twitter is also easy to memorize based on a very simple interface. Even easier because twitter does not have a lot of the menu. The main menu is simply Home, Connect, Discover and tweet. So consumers are more focused and easy to remember what they do every time they log into twitter. Besides the ads do not open twitter as was done by facebook. So users do not experience disruption to memorize twitter interface and functionality.
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https://twitter.com/#!/
https://www.facebook.com/
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