Though I am not a prolific Facebook user or a big Facebook fan I don’t really think Twitter can beat Facebook at what it’s doing, here is why… (follow @tnerd on Twitter)

To understand why Twitter cannot beat Facebook, one has to understand the target audience of Facebook and what Facebook offers that Twitter (does not) cannot.

Facebook is a whole package which offers Photo/Video sharing, Scraps, Pokes, Gifts, etc.. to keep in touch with friends, offers a decent level of privacy over your content and a lot of other tidbits of information on the your Facebook home page which encourages exchange of information with your contacts and keeps the communication going.

On the other hand Twitter does not offer any of these. Its “What are you doing?” messages could be a lot prettier than Facebook’s “What’s on your mind?” snippets but that ends there.

The way I look at it Facebook is a social networking platform where as Twitter is more of a Social Media tool than a Social Network platform.

Being different and offering varied services will work for Twitter and Facebook, it gives them enough room to grow in their respective targeted audience.

To understand which service will have an edge over the other in the long run its important to know what is Internet made of. Let’s look at what most of the people on the internet are looking for.

Alexa top 100 sites give a good picture of what people on the internet are most interested in and what services appeal to them the most.

I picked up the top 100 from Alexa and categorized just over 75% of the sites into different categories and rest 25% fall into News and Informational sites.

43% of the sites fall into the Top 3 categories, namely, Audio/Video Share, Porn and Portals. Social Networking falls into 5th place with 11% share.

Looking at the nature of the top 3 categories majority of the users are most likely to pick Facebook over Twitter as Facebook offers much more in terms of socializing and virtual communication interface which is more personalized.

Most people in top three categories are looking for much more than just reading someones updates, they are looking forward to make new contacts, not just contacts but also know the person on a higher level and not limit their conversation to “What are you doing” or “What’s on your mind”.

Bottom line.. in the current scenario Tech neutral users are most likely to choose Facebook as their mode of communication and social networking and users who are more tech savvy will go for Twitter that does not mean they will stop using Facebook. There will always be users who use both.

And don’t forget majority of the internet is made of Tech neutral users.

What do you think?

This service is certainly _not_ for the faint of hearts or for users who have something to hide on their machines. Wakoopa is a sophisticate social networking which connects users by tracking their applications usage behavior. The fact that wakoopa is gaining popularity and has close to 6,000 users using Wakoopa tracker shows that the word “Privacy” is taking a whole new meaning.

Once registered, login to Wakoopa and download Wakoopa tracker. This tracker sits on your computer and watches every possible application that is running on your computer, not only that, it also keeps a track of web applications like Gmail, Youtube, Ebay, Amazon, etc.. Any online service which can be termed as a replacement of a typical desktop application can be categorized as a web applications.

The site also displays list of applications currently running on Waakoopians (Wakoopa Users) machines. The list is constantly updated using the data received from the Wakoopa tracker installed on user machines.

The tracker stores the data even if the users are not connected to the internet, but once connected the tracker then sends all the stored data to the site. All the data stored in tracker is lost when the computer is restarted.

Wakoopa maintains a software profile of each user and a user list of every software. Users can rate and review the software’s on the list.

Here is what you will see on my profile

Site also maintains a list of the top users based on their activities. Users can improve the “levels” assigned to them by performing certain tasks and gaining points.
Following is the list of levels that are assigned to each user

Following is the points chart:

Lot of valuable information is being collected by Wakoopa. The snippets of information displayed at the bottom of each page shows how this information can be used to analyze user behavior.

Following are a few snippets I picked up from few page refresh

That’s sweet isn’t it? So, don’t be afraid of sharing your application information with millions of people on the internet and learn at the same time.

Doof is beautifully designed site offering what it does best, Games! it offers a huge collection of Games which will keep you go on and on for hours. Games grow to a new number by the day as they allow developers to submit their games to Doof. If the game is approved and users like it then the developer is incentivesed (It’s not very clear how?).

The site not only offers great games but also a fully functional social networking portal where you can add friends, send messages, share pictures, sync albums with Facebook, Watch Videos, and a LOT more. You can make friends, interact with them at the same time play to your hearts content, it can’t get any better!

Users can also challenge their friends or other users for games and earn credits. These credits can either be earned or bought which can later be used for participating in Tournaments, etc..

Quick Suggestion to Doof:
Doof is already doing good however if they let users convert their earned "Doof credits" to dollars through PayPal or some other means they would see an exponential growth in the user base.

if you are found of online games, I certainly recommend our users to visit and experience the social way of playing games, and while you are at it don’t forget to try the "Cascade" game.

Have FUN!