Upon visiting Facebook’s brand-new Palo Alto offices,
Om Malik had a few revelations regarding the relationship
between the social network and Twitter. For better or worse, he says, “The future of these two companies are intertwined! They are the Kane & Abel of our new pulsating two-way,
near-real-time Internet … Together, they dominate the zeitgeist.� Rather than coexisting peacefully, however, Malik believes that Facebook and Twitter are
“competing for essentially what is the next evolution of the Internet: The People Web.� What’s more, Twitter’s presence
conflicts directly with Facebook’s vision of the Web, i.e., a Web where every action and interactive is connected directly or indirectly to the social network’s
“braid via hooks.�