Facebook has come up with a ‘fanbox” that is an easy way to widgetize a facebook page and garner fans for it . Here is the Mashable Post on the topic . So now a facebook page can have a fanbox sitting anywhere on the web and has the incredible power to convert visitors to fans . Great news ! This signals that facebook is ready to move a bit more closer to twitter . How ?
Simple , define a twitter follower : someone who wants your updates but does not mandate that you get their’s . Sound familiar ? Yep ! The facebook fan and the twitter follower are one and the same . Quote Mashable “Page admins will now see an “Add Fan Box to your site” link under the logo of their page. From there, they can cut and paste the code into their website, which will then display a widget containing that page’s latest updates, and optionally, pictures of fans. Additionally, Facebook users can become a fan of a Page right from the website the Box is embedded on.” Unquote That sounds like a follow-me on twitter widget to me !
This is nice ,considering that facebook has so far been shy and reticent about the outer limits of networking that they stand for and this really is the first time that they are coming out and signaling an intent to extend boundaries . I see a war starting here between Twitter and Facebook . But the sad part is that it is not an apple to apple comparison between Twitter and Facebook . That being said , let us see where this one goes !
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