Can someone tell me difference between "Twitter" and "IMing" folks?

[KoKo]

:shrug: I feel out of it...

[notadmblnd]

1. I have no clue either,

and am not motivated enough to check out the site.

[rcrush]

2. The amount of porn chat involved.

[notadmblnd]

3. Do they have any scripts?

Cause I could use some. I need to learn how to talk dirty.

[rcrush]

6. All you need to know is SWEATY BALLS.

SWEATY BALLS

[notadmblnd]

8. yeah, but do I say it in my normal throaty voice or do I try to sound like

a 19 yr old girl?

[rcrush]

10. I guess it depends on what part of town you are in.

[GOTV]

4. With IM ....

... comments don't go to a public forum. IM is like instant email. Twitter is more like blogging.

[bosbdd2009]

5. I Can

It's pretty much the same thing, except an IM is usually done as a 1 on 1 chat, where the twitter crap is done with a lot of people at the same time.

Twitter is basically a chat room in the form of a message board.

[notadmblnd]

7. Similar to AOhell chatrooms?

[enlightenment]

9. Isn't it also limited in the length of the post

or 'tweet' or whatever they call an entry? The only time I ever looked at it was a Mumbai twitter page after the attacks there. Very odd format.

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. And how does Twitter differ from the status statement at Facebook?

[oldtime dfl_er]

12. It doesn't

They're basically the exact same thing.