image thumb28 And now Facebook will openly use Twitter’s ‘@username’ on statuses

Is Facebook really trying to step over Twitter? There has been a lot of speculation, given that it had beaten MySpace in the social network race and that didn’t stop Facebook from growing even more. The only related service that outgrows it is Twitter and given Facebook’s desire to grow even more, the FriendFeed acquisition sounded quite justified. However TNW reported of a new very Twitter like feature on Facebook that lets you make mentions/tag other users by using the @username notification we always use on Twitter. This also opens up your chances of making mentions of people who you are not directly connected with, plus the admins of Fan Pages will have an easier way to keep a check on user comments.

This is an all out attack on Twitter and Facebook has really stepped on at this invasion. I was just wondering if Facebook extends further to have users bring in their Twitter followers to Facebook. One question, even if all this happens will this kill Twitter?