Sebastien Provencher proclaimed last week that Twitter is the new Facebook. I can’t say that I think he’s that far off.
I’ve already explained how I think that Facebook is not going anywhere, especially for it’s core user base. But the tech group needs something new to feed on. In Sebastien’s words:
Industry pundits are looking for utility and, for a while, it certainly felt like Facebook was IT. But not anymore. Has something replaced it? Yes. Today, I’d like to say it’s Twitter. It’s all anecdotal, mind you, based on my brain filtering a massive quantity of articles and blog posts I read every day. You’ll have to trust me on this.
Should you still care about Facebook? A resounding YES!
So basically, he agrees with me. So I like him. 
Twitter is, like most of the more interesting web services that are up and coming, more of an infrastructure than a service. Look at the things that have been built on top of it: twitterific (monetized with ads in the feed - which is likely for Twitter itself), Snitter, Tweeterboard, StrawPoll and so on.
Like RSS, it’s a push-based community technology. I think that’s exciting.
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Jim Peake 03.17.08 at 9:57 am
I’m still a little perplexed at the Twitter value proposition. Aren’t some of these “social media sites” islands unto themselves? Isn’t it time for someone to do a little connecting of the islands?
Jason Preston 03.17.08 at 12:29 pm
@Jim - one of the things I find so cool about twitter is how open the infrastructure is. My tweets are pulled into Facebook, FriendFeed, and my blog.
It a lot less “island-like” than most other social media sites.
Jim Peake 03.17.08 at 1:07 pm
Jason, great point. I did not know that. (I find that to happen a lot)
usagmahal 08.24.08 at 3:04 pm
Is this gonna end someday??
theedger 09.22.08 at 7:07 pm
It just seems like it all just for fun and I hope it stays that way.