Battle Of The @ Symbol: Facebook VS Twitter And Who Does It Better

Sep 10 2009 View Comments

facebook social network Today, Facebook is rolling out a new feature that has a ton of people contemplating the future of Twitter: Facebook @mentions. If you’re a twitter user, you’re familiar with the @reply feature used to signal a response to another twitter user. You already have similar functionality, better known as tagging, in Facebook for uploads of new photos. Now it’s expanding into your status updates.

  

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Twitter @ Replies VS. New Facebook Tagging Feature

Though the @ symbol isn’t displayed in your status update, using it will allow you link to people, pages, groups, events, and more. When you tag someone, they will be notified in the notifications section, similar to the @username tab on Twitter. Futhermore, using the @ symbol on Facebook will bring up a list of matches right underneath your status. This is great for friends who don’t use their real name, or use a nickname on Facebook. No more searching for the correct spelling. With Twitter you’re going to dig deep unless you’re using a Twitter client such as Tweet. Facebook made things simple  by compiling everything under one feature. To tag groups or events, Twitter users refer to a hashtag (#) instead of using the @ symbol.

     

chat Could this cause you to switch from Twitter to Facebook? Personally, no. These are two different communities that I participate in. My reasons for using each varies due to the community ties. What about you?


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View Comments to “Battle Of The @ Symbol: Facebook VS Twitter And Who Does It Better”

  1. Mohammad B. Irshid Sep 11 2009 at 2:02 am

    Such a great feature. very nice.

  2. ruben Sep 14 2009 at 1:13 pm

    Ive been trying to use the new @ symbol doesnt seem to b working for me any sugestion

  3. susan01 Sep 15 2009 at 12:38 am

    I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

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  4. susan01 Sep 15 2009 at 5:38 am

    I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

    Margaret

    http://businesseshome.net

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