Monday, March 23, 2009
When Overhyped Silicon Valley Start-Ups Collide: A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words
Here is a great chart, posted on Flickr by Facebook third-party app maker Narendra Rocherolle, that shows the rising popularity of the search word “Twitter” on the social-networking site’s Lexicon.
Facebook’s Lexicon counts “occurrences of words and phrases” on its Walls over time.
Interestingly, Facebook has recently done a redesign that some critics are saying is too much of a panicked reaction to the hype around the microblogging service, although Twitter’s audience is just a tiny sliver of Facebook’s.
