"Twitter is our id, Facebook is our Ego" -- :O

"I was speaking with my good friend Howard Lindzon, my partner in several Twitter-related investments, about the differences in the way people communicate on Twitter and Facebook. Howard's sense is that everybody lies on Facebook; that people represent a kind of "false self," so that it is hard to really know what a person is like from their Facebook profile. He feels differently about Twitter, however, holding the belief that people's tweets are a much closer representation of their true self than Facebook. So that someone who is a jerk on Twitter is likely a jerk in real life, and someone who is thoughtful and careful in their tweets is also like that offline. After considering Howard's theory, I am convinced that he is right. Then it hit me. There is a framework for conceptualizing the differences in peoples' communication between these two media: Freud's structural model of the psyche. In short, Twitter is the id, while Facebook is the ego."-Information arbitrage

I had my first twitter account 3 or 4 years ago, same with facebook. I had stopped using twitter 2 years ago.I am still using facebook.

On twitter - no comment.

On Facebook - I just don't agree that people represent a kind of "false self" in facebook. When I share what is on my mind in face book, I really tell what is on my mind without any kyeme or whatsoever. In a way, I believe I am giving my friends an idea on who I really am. Ergo, not a kind of "false self".

My point is...Long live facebook!!

So much about facebook.. lemme just eat my donuts.