9. • Facebook VS. Twitter
Facebook twitter
Founded by: Mark Zuckerberg Jack Dorsey
Private messages: Yes Yes
Advertising: Advertising supported
in the form of banner
ads, referral
marketing, casual
games
Advertising supported
in the form of
promoted tweets
Instant messaging: Yes No
Number of users: 1.11 billion (active
March 2013)
Over 500 million
Launch date: February 2004 July 6th 2006
Languages: Available in 70
languages
Available in 29
languages
Play games: Yes No