Comparing Skype with Twitter

Comparing Skype with Twitter

I can go on Skype to find someone to chat with. I can find a person for one-on-one personal chat. We can do video, voice and text – so Skype is a lot of fun. The chat is back and forth immediately. On twitter the chat is not so immediate. Each person does a micro blog. On twitter you are sort of talking to yourself. On Skype you usually get connected to someone right away. And that personal connection keeps you interested for hours. You can find people by city. Skype has a SkypeMe option which means that these people want to chat with anyone who calls them. You can see who is on line. Conversation on Skype, with some exceptions, are civil. On twitter there are no conversations. I met new friends on Skype right away. I have not met anyone on twitter. I have not had a “conversation” on twitter. I have had 100s of conversations on Skype. With Skype you can search for people by city, see if they are online, send them an opening message and very likely they will chat with you for a while maybe hours. Nothing like that happens with Twitter. Twitter is for people who want to broadcast their ideas or products far and wide. With twitter you are putting your ideas out there; with Skype you are having fun socializing.

On Skype you have contacts. On twitter you have followers. Or you are following someone. With Twitter you can be passive. You can just follow interesting people or programs like what is on the discovery channel. You can micro blog your ideas or talk about your sex life or private parts -- out to millions of people who are not paying attention. With skype you are talking to one or more people or a group but not to the whole world. With Twitter you have the potential of getting your message to millions of people but in actuality if they are not paying attention to you, zero people will ever actually read your message.