We have been using Yahoo meme for a few days now and as promised, we are going to tell you what we think about it. Twitter has set the bar considerably high for any new micro-blogging entrants. For meme, it’s either impress the users or fail.
We are going to make a head to head comparison between meme and Twitter but as usual, you have the final say to what you think and prefer. What’s important is that you share it with the rest of us!
Let”s get started!
1. Design & Layout
Displayed very clearly by the snapshots below, meme’s layout is much less cluttered and more sophisticated compared to Twitter’s. The visuals, which can be uploaded directly as your updates, add to the overall aesthetics. Twitter, on the other hand, only allows text and links making it less pleasing to the eye.
However, it is good to note that meme does not allow profile customization. That means no fancy backgrounds and themes to play with and therefore, less flexibility.
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2. Convenience
We can practically tweet anywhere using mobile Internet and text messages. Got something to say? Just tweet it. It’s that easy and it’s one of the reasons why Twitter is so successful.
By allowing videos and pictures to be posted directly (plus no text limit), it is extremely unfriendly to third party applications. Without these applications, slow adoption and infrequent use of meme would not be surprising.
Obviously, meme is willing to give up a whole lot for videos, pictures and space.
3. Purpose
Many social networking platforms started off with pure social networking goals in mind. But it doesn’t stop businesses from creeping in on social media. We understand that Twitter is already widely used as a business tool.
Could meme be another tool for businesses to exploit? This is especially so when meme made reposting such an easy and addictive task. Content has a lot of potential to spread virally on this new micro-blogging platform.
4. Features
This is probably the most important part of the review.
Both platforms advocate simplicity. Once you get the hang of Twitter’s conventions, you are pretty much set. Its features are welcoming-ly limited and third party applications made tweeting possible anywhere. As for meme, some users might appreciate its effort to separate text, picture, video and audio postings, making the process dummy proof. Also, there’s virtually no hassle when it comes to following and unfollowing people on meme.
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Video Meme
A strong advantage meme has over Twitter is that it allows users to view pictures and videos directly from it site. Content is more likely to be viewed as exposure increases. Its repost counter is another amazing feature that encourages viral activities. Be careful though, reposting is so easy you might just end up spamming! (Yup, guilty here.)
But coming back down a bit, buzz-making has always been Twitter’s forte and its trending topics is by far one the most admired feature across all social media platforms. Meme made an weak attempt with its “popular” page, drawing attention to content that has been reposted most. We are not too impressed by that.
5. Future?
With its third party apps and users monetizing way before it, most of us are getting impatient waiting for Twitter to start earning some decent money. Unlike Twitter, meme has the backing of Yahoo, which earns most of its revenue selling ad spaces on its search engine.
In other words, meme can focus on providing a great service and experience without having to worry about money. Yahoo also owns Delicious and Yahoo Buzz and both can come in useful when we talk about integration in the future.
But of course all this is not enough to spell trouble for Twitter.
Twitter has plenty of supporters behind its back and it has also been talking about its plans for monetization. Its growth is so far impressive and is expected to last for quite some time.
There are also rumors going around that Google might purchase Twitter in the future. If this is ever going to be true, Twitter can just hand the business model problem to Google and focus on providing a better tweet experience to its users.
Summary
Yahoo meme is looking good and there isn’t any rational reason why we would NOT use this new micro-blogging site. Although Twitter is still our number one choice for micro-blogging activities, we suggest that you give meme a shot.
Try it and see if meme can steal you away from Twitter!
P.S: Don’t forget to find us on meme too!
