Facebook Lite: Is it a move to counter Twitter?

Finally, Facebook opened its Lite version for public preview this week. Since I was not in the testing phase, I couldn’t write anything definitive about it earlier on.

Anyway, now that I have explored it in depth, I couldn’t help establish that it is an ambitious move to counter the rising popularity of Twitter.  Facebook Lite provides twitter-like functionality and is really a stripped down version of the original Facebook. Basically it has a wall, a mail box and a capability to post photos and videos. Apart from being skinny, it has the added advantage of privacy by limiting access to a well-defined social circle.

With the recent acquisition of FriendFeed, Facebook’s most likely course of action would be the complete integration of FriendFeed technology with its Lite version in the months to come.

However, this should not come as a shock because this was rather anticipated. Given the recent media attention to Twitter, it was only natural for Facebook to come up with something to retain its user base.