Quick thoughts on Twitter's UX
I liked this passage on some of the psychological differences between the UX of Twitter and Facebook, particularly the concept of following as a subscription and the type of relationship that sets up vs. friending. Given the privacy debacle Facebook has been dealing with the past 36 hours, the note on the simplicity of the privacy is also a big plus for Twitter.
Twitter nailed a few important things in their user experience compared to alternatives like Facebook. Posts are public by default, so there aren’t debates or surprises about privacy. Streams are built out of subscriptions (“following”), not “friendship”—a word that loses meaning when your friends are 500 strangers.
via 37 Signals
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