I liked this post because you packed a lot into a short pondering.

There are several questions raised that I think are somewhat distinct:

Does the traction of something like Farmville provide models for more hardcore business communities? Yes.

Is it possible that a serious enterprise business or vendor could create a Farmville like game for either entertainment or roleplaying purposes that could become a real time suck and market advantage? I think yes.

Does Facebook have a deeper adoption level than Twitter? Definitely yes.

Does that make me like Facebook any better myself? Not really.

I certainly don't find Facebook free of ego. Facebook took pages from Twitter and thus many of my friends are continuously “lifestreaming” events in their lives. Often I think of this as falling into a category I call “lifestyle marketing,” or else information I find irrelevant. There is plenty of the same on Twitter but based on who I follow, I find I can focus on forward-thinking business on Twitter in my industry and make new and interesting contacts. with the right dash of personal sharing. Most of the discussion on Twitter in my stream is related to key business and cultural topics. My Facebook friends as a whole aren't interested in hearing about that kind of stuff from me – certainly not my latest ponderings on enterprise software developments. SUGEN is not a monicker I would burden my FB friends with for example.

What I value Facebook for is the way I can track friends through the years. Unfortunately for me that can also mean an emotionally volatile mix and very eclectic group of people. People follow me on Twitter for what I'm doing now in SAP/ERP/ etc, people on Facebook are friending me mostly for past affiliations, some of them powerful, some of them tenuous. Facebook for me ends up being more about the past than the present for me if that makes any sense. But that's what's so interesting about Facebook – it means such different things based on what you have done with your life and how you choose to spend the time on the site. I think Facebook is also very different for businesses. Based on the “stickiness” you have described, it's hard to imagine a large “B to C” business not sweating how they can get the attention of those who love spending time on the site.

But that's not my game so I'll wrap this comment up, I see Facebook has just sent an update to my mobile phone – evidently someone has poked me.

I liked this post because you packed a lot into a short pondering.

There are several questions raised that I think are somewhat distinct:

Does the traction of something like Farmville provide models for more hardcore business communities? Yes.

Is it possible that a serious enterprise business or vendor could create a Farmville like game for either entertainment or roleplaying purposes that could become a real time suck and market advantage? I think yes.

Does Facebook have a deeper adoption level than Twitter? Definitely yes.

Does that make me like Facebook any better myself? Not really.

I certainly don’t find Facebook free of ego. Facebook took pages from Twitter and thus many of my friends are continuously “lifestreaming” events in their lives. Often I think of this as falling into a category I call “lifestyle marketing,” or else information I find irrelevant. There is plenty of the same on Twitter but based on who I follow, I find I can focus on forward-thinking business on Twitter in my industry and make new and interesting contacts. with the right dash of personal sharing. Most of the discussion on Twitter in my stream is related to key business and cultural topics. My Facebook friends as a whole aren’t interested in hearing about that kind of stuff from me – certainly not my latest ponderings on enterprise software developments. SUGEN is not a monicker I would burden my FB friends with for example.

What I value Facebook for is the way I can track friends through the years. Unfortunately for me that can also mean an emotionally volatile mix and very eclectic group of people. People follow me on Twitter for what I’m doing now in SAP/ERP/ etc, people on Facebook are friending me mostly for past affiliations, some of them powerful, some of them tenuous. Facebook for me ends up being more about the past than the present for me if that makes any sense. But that’s what’s so interesting about Facebook – it means such different things based on what you have done with your life and how you choose to spend the time on the site. I think Facebook is also very different for businesses. Based on the “stickiness” you have described, it’s hard to imagine a large “B to C” business not sweating how they can get the attention of those who love spending time on the site.

But that’s not my game so I’ll wrap this comment up, I see Facebook has just sent an update to my mobile phone – evidently someone has poked me.

What's that?

From a non-user!

Now stream-of-conciousness stuff that fits in Twitter goes there, professional stuff goes to LinkedIn, Facebook gets friendly/familial type stuff and the occasional long form goes on the blog.

I don't think it's a choice more than natural evolution.