Simon Willison's Weblog: friendhttp://simonwillison.net/2009-02-09T19:04:53+00:00Simon WillisonFour reasons why public Facebook status updates won't kill Twitter2009-02-09T19:04:53+00:002009-02-09T19:04:53+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Feb/9/four/#atom-tag
<p><strong><a href="http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/02/07/four-reasons-why-facebook-status-updates-wont-kill-twitter/">Four reasons why public Facebook status updates won't kill Twitter</a></strong></p>
Mike Butcher highlights the importance of “follow” rather than “friend” in social software.
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