Okay - so FB opened the API a bit to make it easier to share the news feed and status updates.

Of course - Techmeme has been flooded with ongoing discussion about other services dying.  No, it’s not surprising that the reaction to the “new shiny thing” is really overblown, nor is it surprising that people are firmly defending Twitter and FriendFeed as if any of this was a real threat to our Twitter lives.

But I have to ask the question: Why do we have to overreact to every new product, feature, or service that comes out and either abuts or infringes upon Twitter’s domain?  Seriously - if Twitter is as valuable and powerful as we all claim - then why is it that we get this knee-jerk reaction every time FB does something, or every time someone comes out with a new flavor of Twitter?  (Yammer, etc.)

Twitter is here to stay - and Facebook announcements and competitive services that start to show signs that they’re going after Twitter are, indeed, a great opportunity to step back and reflect on how we got to where we are and what’s happening with Twitter from the technological, cultural and behavioral perspectives.

But let’s try to accept the fact that Twitter is here to stay (in some way shape or form) - and instead start to focus on what is a far more important discussion - how to we get to a point where we have more than a few million people on Twitter and a select few tools (Tweetdeck, etc.) to manage the enormous amount of information that’s coming in?

Lastly - let’s start thinking about something that is paramount to all of this: how Twitter and the vast selection of social media services/sites out there are going to make money.  Seriously - we need to crowd source a successful revenue model, because, frankly, most of the people that are on Twitter, blogging, and using social media as a tool to make a living, are the ones who can’t afford to see this stuff “die”.  The guys at Twitter can shut down shop and scoop up a sweet job at any of the Googles and Microsofts out there.  But what about you?

I don’t really care if you subrscibe to Chris Anderson’s philosophy or Rupert Murdochs for biz models.  Let’s just figure this one out - and stop wasting time going all Perez Hilton every time Facebook cramps Twitter’s style…