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The Next Web: Facebook status updates can now be made public. Twitter, this could be HUGE.
ReadWriteWeb: Facebook Opens Up: Lets Developers Access Status Updates, Notes, Links, and Videos
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life: Breaking down the walled garden: Some thoughts on Facebook embracing OpenID and opening up status update APIs
Facebook status updates can now be made public. Twitter, this could be HUGE.
The Next Web —
... up new API’s to allow applications to post links, create notes and/or upload videos. In no time, expect to see a rush of Twitter like tools and applications, likely more feature rich, to launch catering specifically to this update.
Personally I do not believe this will be the death of Twitter but it may mean a halt to Twitter’s dreams of becoming the “mainstream” tool we’ve all begun to expect.
What do you think?
via AllFacebook ...
Facebook Opens Up: Lets Developers Access Status Updates, Notes, Links, and Videos
ReadWriteWeb —
... As Nick O'Neill on the AllFacebook blog points out, this move can be seen as a direct attack against Twitter. The early success of Twitter, after all, was mostly based upon the availability of an API that allowed for the creation of a thriving ecosystem that went far beyond what Twitter's developers had originally envisioned. ...
Breaking down the walled garden: Some thoughts on Facebook embracing OpenID and opening up status update APIs
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life —
... APIs announced and it looks like
there actually isn't an API to get your friends' status updates included in the announcement.
The status.get method
only returns the status updates posted by the currently user. The closest I could
get was trying the query below via fql.query but
it never returned results
SELECT uid, message FROM status WHERE uid IN (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE
uid1=$userid)
So much for the claims
that this is a Twitter killer.
Now
Playing: Eminem,
Dr. Dre & 50 ...
Hasn't It Always Been About Status?
A VC —
... again and again, with the news feed, with the platform, and now with status. And the social and real time web is so much better because of it.Related articles by Zemanta facebook finally opening up feeds to the beast (benbarren.com)
What Facebook's More Open Platform Means For You (allfacebook.com)
Facebook Opens Up: Lets Developers Access Status Updates, Notes, Links, and Videos (readwriteweb.com)
Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter (allfacebook.com) ...
Linkpost | 2.7.2009
TechBlog —
... - Internet access in planes means you'll be expected to work even at 35,000 feet up. • Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter - Probably not, but it is a step in the right direction away from its "walled garden" system. • ...
Facebook’s New APIs Should Not Be Compared To Twitter
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews —
... All Facebook claims that this will do some damage to Twitter’s market share. I wholeheartedly disagree. Comparing Facebook and Twitter doesn’t make sense at all. Most people that add each other as friends on Facebook actually know each other. On Twitter, it doesn’t matter if you are a celebrity, a doctor, a VC, a lawyer, a hair stylist, a college kid, or a wine enthusiast. Everyone just adds people that they find interesting on Twitter. This is what makes Twitter a bit more interesting and suspenseful than Facebook. ...
Could Facebook kill Twitter?
Obsessable News Feed —
... that status updates, links, notes and videos will be now be accessible via the API. Some industry analysts think this is a move towards capturing some of Twitter's mindshare, both because Twitter is essentially a status update app and also because the popularity of the ...
Facebook and Twitter: There’s blood everywhere, but no one is dying
VentureBeat —
... . Now Facebook is going to kill Twitter. But something odd is happening. Instead of any of them dying, they’re all thriving, each gaining traffic and users — and they’ll continue to. So what gives? ...
Who’s Worried About Facebook? Not Twitter [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... why the Facebook vs. Twitter meme was a case of severe hyperbole. ...
To Kill Twitter or Not to Kill Twitter?
WebProNews Feed —
... it was opening its Status API. This provoked an array of reactions around the web. Many seem to be under the impression that this will kill Twitter and similar services. There is certainly no general consensus though. You'll find probably just as many people discussing why it will not. Let's look at a few reactions... Will Kill Twitter? Nick O'Neill at AllFacebook : Get ready for streaming Facebook status tools galore. Just over one month ago I suggested that opening up that status API would be the first step toward Facebook killing Twitter. Now we will see if this really has ...
Facebook Opens Up (a Little) With New Developer Tools
Wired: Epicenter —
... ecosystem.
As an example, the Facebook developer blog talks about how a travel app could use the new tools to allow its users to create and share notes on Facebook. The app could import text, pictures, and even videos — collect that data under a single application tab and you have a community travel network.
In other words, the real growth from the new API tools will be in pushing data into Facebook, not offering new ways to pull it out.
Some have suggested that that new API tools are Facebook’s bid to take on Twitter, but that logic ...
Commenters Create Flash Community in Response to Tragedy
SocialTimes.com —
... All Facebook experienced a commenter pseudo-revolt last week in response to Nick O’Neil’s “Say Goodbye to Twitter” post, prompting Nick to post a ...
How Twitter Ensures You’ll Never Be a Top User
SocialTimes.com —
... at a seemingly quickening pace, it’s clear that Twitter is looking to bring more value directly to its users, and keeping them from having to rely on third party applications such as MrTweet for their recommendations. Such ongoing development indicats that Twitter is enabling more socially-oriented capabilities directly on its platform and makes it more competitive given Facebook’s plans for taking on Twitter with its open status API. Twitter’s new feature roll outs also mean that some of the developers that have created value-added applications on top of ...
