Facebook f8 Tickets Go Up A Bit Early. Not All That Much Cheaper Than Twitter Chirp.

Back in December at Le Web, Twitter announced that it would hold its first-ever conference, Chirp, in San Francisco, in 2010. About a month later, they gave out the details, including that it would be taking place exactly a week before Facebook's big conference, f8. Seeing as both are geared towards developers, it's pretty clear they're gunning for one another. But it seemed that f8 would have one large advantage: ticket price. But now it appears that may not be such an advantage.

The ticket page for f8 was briefly online earlier today at this URL. It appears that Facebook has since put it under password protection. But guess who was able to grab a screenshot? This guy. Notably, it appears that regular f8 tickets will be $325 this year. While that's still about $140 cheaper (140, get it?) than Chirp, it's not drastically cheaper, as many had been thinking. In the past, Facebook has sold tickets for $250, or even $150 if you signed up early. But, f8 still has one major price point advantage: tickets for students are only $50.