<p>Two things: </p>
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<li><p>I’d recommend that you get off Internet Explorer/whatever crap internet connection you must be paying for, because Twitter’s implementation of Ruby on Rails + Java makes for a much faster website than the aging PHP architecture Facebook employs. If you’re experiencing sluggishness from Twitter, the previously mentioned factors are probably to blame.</p></li>
<li><p>It astounds me that you can’t wrap your head around Twitter’s UI yet claim that Facebook’s UI (a hallmark example of careless UI implementation in design/CS circles) is superior.</p></li>
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