Twitter, the same as the rest ? Or different ?

For many people these days Twitter is seen as a way to get away from the controversy surrounding Facebook. But is Twitter really that different from the rest? From personal experience of having accounts on both Facebook and Twitter I have always used Twitter more than any other social site, but why is this? There are many advantages of Twitter, one of them being that it is seen to be a more opinion based site, where people can express their views on any topic they wish and people will tweet back what their opinions on the subject is. However, this is not always a good thing as many people have very strong opinions and this can lead to heated debates between people which sometimes ends up with strong language and occasionally abuse towards each other, although such occasions are rare. The main advantage about twitter is that it is more interactive than most other social networks, as many celebrities are on Twitter and people are able to tweet them and on occasions the celebrities will tweet back or retweet them. Overall Twitter is a lot different and lets hope it stays that way.