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1) "Following" people seems too much like stalking. If I want to get to know someone why am I "following" them? Why wouldn't I reach out in an actual conversation by commenting?

2) If you aren't on Twitter *right now* you miss shit. Facebook is more like a bulletin board you can leave messages on and pick up the conversation no matter the time zone. I've met people from all over the world this way. Love it.

3) The ability to filter who sees my ramblings. If I want to screen who sees what I post on Facebook, I can. On Twitter, once it's out there, it's OUT THERE for everyone to retweet, see, and laugh their asses off at you. And honestly, who do you want hearing about work issues and that your looking for a new job -- your boss or your friends in the industry with connections?

4) Tweets usually contain messages with abbreviated text and acronyms. It drives me effing bat shit crazy. Takes me twice as long to decipher WTF the sender means. And yes, I'm aware that last sentence makes me a hypocrite.

5) Twitter is ugly. A user's wall is one big background banner and a bunch of tweets. Really? How sad is that to look at when you are trying to connect with people? Sure, Twitter is trying to keep up by allowing pictures, but let's face it, they still suck donkey balls.

6) Select what I want to read and from whom. If I don't want to read the drivel one of my FB friends is spewing, I can select which types of posts I want to receive from them: all, most, lifetime moments, or nothing. I haven't done that to anyone yet, but I have a feeling with the upcoming presidential election year I may have to just to stop the influx of people spouting their opinions on candidates (helpful hint: your folks told you it's not polite to discuss politics and religion at parties for a reason. It's so we all don't have to experience how narrow minded you really are).

7) The two-second ability to edit my update. With Twitter I can delete and repost, but with FB I can actually correct a typo if I spot it fast enough. (hey, if you are reading this FB people, please insert an edit function like Google+, they at least got that part right. Oh, and while we're at it, take away the stupid option that hitting my enter key automatically posts my reply. Most users have no idea to do the shift + enter key for a paragraph break and I hate reading the "opps, it posted before I meant" babble. Another issue that would be fixed with an edit option.)

8) Spammers. 'Nuff said, right? These jerks seem to love Twitter, but don't bug people as much on FB. Dude, do not send me penis links or links to your porn site. Nor should a business "follow" me and then send me links to their product sites.

9) Twitter's lists suck when compared to Facebook's smart & friend lists. Sure, it makes it easy to check on certain people's latest Tweets, but it's still a jumbled mess if you have one person who tweets like twenty times a freakin hour. Why am I grouping people in lists for Twitter when it doesn't seem to have any functionality with who sees my Tweets?

10) Hashtag happy fools. You know #thepeople I'm #talkingabout. They want to group everything with search-ability hashtags. Are they aware that when searching for a desired phrase via Twitter, the search will populate with all matching findings, whether there is a damn hashtag on it or not?

Tune in next for why Google+ is never going to beat Facebook either. Why don't you all just drink the freakin kool-aid and learn to use it correctly? Sure, your grandma, your second grade teacher, your neighbor, your dry cleaner, and your high school crush might all be using it, but they haven't all mastered it.

Seriously? Why are you still using Twitter? Do you like having only 140 characters to express yourself? Or do you like having to send multiple Tweets and DMs to get your simple message across? I'll be the first to speak up and shout it: Twitter Sucks.

Facebook is an invaluable tool to the people who take the time to actually learn the ins and outs of it. I think I'd kiss Mark Zuckerberg if I got the chance, and yeah, he'd dig it.

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