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		charlesju on Sept 16, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter Closing New Venture Round At $1 Billion Va... Facebook wants to aggregate status between friends. Twitter wants to aggregate status between topics. This fundamental difference drives extremely different models for using micro-updates and subsequently renders Facebook and Twitter as non-competitors.

natrius on Sept 16, 2009 | [–]

What makes you think Facebook doesn't want to do topics also? You can already make things you post visible to everyone. It's not a huge leap.

bdr on Sept 16, 2009 | [–]

I don't understand. What exactly does Twitter do that you don't think Facebook wants to move into?

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