| Website | https://www.facebook.com |
https://www.twitter.com |
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| Features | Facebook
features include the, Friends, Fans, Wall, News Feed, Fan Pages,
Groups, Apps, Live Chat, Likes, Photos, Videos, Text, Polls, Links,
Status, Pokes, Gifts, Games, Messaging, Classified section, upload and
download options and others |
Tweet, Retweet, Direct Messaging, Follow People & Trending Topics, Links, Photos, Videos |
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| Registration | Required |
Required |
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| Alexa Rank | 2 (August 2014) |
11 (September 2013) |
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| Introduction (from Wikipedia) | Facebook
is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned and
operated by Facebook, Inc. As of September 2013, Facebook has over one
billion active users, more than half of whom use Facebook on a mobile
device. |
Twitter is an online
social networking service and microblogging service that enables its
users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters,
known as "tweets". |
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| Key people | Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO; Dustin Moskovitz, Co-founder; Sheryl Sandberg, COO; Matt Cohler, VP of Product Management; Chris Hughes, Co-founder |
Jack Dorsey, Chairman; Evan Williams, CEO; Biz Stone, Creative Director |
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| Advertising | Advertising supported in the form of banner ads, referral marketing, casual games |
Advertising supported in the form of promoted tweets |
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| Upload photographs | Yes |
Yes |
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| Current status | Active |
Active |
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| Private messages | Yes |
Yes |
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| Instant messaging | Yes |
No |
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| Launch date | February 4, 2004 |
July 6, 2006 |
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| Type of site | Social networking service |
Social networking service |
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| Number of users | 1.28 billion (monthly active, March 2014) |
Over 500 million |
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| Founded by | Mark Zuckerberg |
Jack Dorsey |
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| Post updates | Yes |
Yes |
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| Play games | Yes |
No |
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| Headquarters location | Menlo Park, California, United States |
San Francisco, California, United States |
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| Users express approval of content by | "Like", "Share", or "Comment" |
"Retweet" or "Favorite" |
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| Share links | Yes |
Yes |
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| Languages | Available in 70 languages |
Available in 29 languages |
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| Number of employees | 6,818 (as of March 2014) |
3,000 (as of 2014) |
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| Reblog posts | Yes |
Yes |
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| Follow trending topics | No |
Yes |
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| Written in | C++, PHP, D |
JavaScript, Ruby, Scala, Java |
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| Add friends | Yes |
No |
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| Follow people | Yes |
Yes |
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| Privacy settings | Yes |
Either public or private |
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| Current estimated value | $104 billion |
$10 billion |
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| Revenue | $7.87 billion (2013) |
$664 million (2013) |
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| Post length | Unlimited |
140 characters |
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| Industry | Internet, Social Networking, Smartphone App |
Internet |
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| Edit posts | Yes |
No |
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| Users express opinions about content by | "Comment" or "Reply" |
"Reply" |
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| Mention users by | Just the name (e.g. "User") |
The @ sign and then the name (e.g. "@user") |
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