I really liked Tweetdeck while I was using it and it’s great for someone with a single account with more emphasis on social than on networking, but once you cross the line with multiple accounts, tabbed searches and lists and the ability to track stats on the links you offer up there’s simply no comparison. I can tell if clicks came from twitter, a twitter client, facebook…. I’m even starting to use it to shrink links for services that don’t play well with twitter!

Unless you can come up with something better than managing your tweeps, there’s no reason to run both.

Tweetdeck alternative = Seesmic
Hootsuite alternative = CoTweet (I’ve switched)

The easiest way to look up a name is within Twitter itself at http://twitter.com/invitations/find_on_twitter. If I hear of an autofill feature, I’ll post it here. Thanks for contributing, Heather!

Agree with your idea about multiple user logins for one account and loved your post.

You give a great answer. Of course a lot has changed since April. Both services have many more features and are very similar.

Still I think using both is best for me.
Simply Hootsuite for tweeting & stats. And Tweetdeck for following multiple conversations, groups, and searches.

Arvell Craig
@gebedo