Facebook Swagger Jacks Twitter…Again

We talked about Facebook biting off Twitter and FriendFeed back in March when they made their first round of major UI changes. I mentioned that copying a few features was probably not going to have people paying Facebook any more attention and it really comes down to what’s under the hood, but a lot has happened since then. For one thing, to the horror of many FriendFeed users, Facebook bought FriendFeed and stole all their staff. While twitter has continued to gain popularity, Facebook dropped Facebook Lite and the ability to @reply your friends just like on Twitter.