Testing Twitter as An Alternative to Facebook

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by John MacDougall

After deleting my Facebook account, I am gradually exploring the many other social networking alternatives. It takes a little while to see if a specific new network supports enough of the features I want, has a good up-time record, and shows no signs of 'going rogue' like Facebook.

After rejecting a few networks, I am focusing now on Twitter where anyone can 'follow' me as johnamacdougall and see my tweets. Type that in Twitter's own search box, or type it in the Twittersearch gadget at the bottom of the last posting here.

Voila! http://twitter.com/#search?q=johnamacdougall

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