Interesting post on Twitter v. LinkedIn at New Learning Playbook spurred by the below poll:

IMHO, LinkedIn has tried too hard to be a one-stop shop; all things to all people. When I go there now the site feels glutted and overwhelming, and its initial and very clear value prop (a place to build a respectable, reference-based professional network) muddied.

But are we comparing apples to oranges here? From the POV of user experience, LinkedIn and Twitter excel at two very different things: LinkedIn, at connecting your network in a way that's beneficial to both you and the others in it; Twitter, at creating a dynamic conversation among people and about subjects you've decided are of interest.

Two valuable, very different services. I also suspect Twitter is getting a boost in the polls because it's the new hotness ...

UPDATE: Looking at this post from the day after, I'm more focused on the title of the survey: What's the most important platform for BRANDS to master? Given the specificity of the question, it's seems kind of a "no duh" to me that twitter ranks above LinkedIn (even more so than in that graph - see the comments below) because it's such a great communication tool, one that people are using to talk about whatever and whoever they want. What I find more interesting is that Iphone isn't getting a higher percentage. Can you tell I have one?

What's your take?

Incidentally, Keith cracked 4000 followers on his twitter today. Major increase since he started getting seriously interactive with it.

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