Must admit, since I started micro-blogging the urge to blog has waned. Why?
- Micro-blogs offer more interactivity.
- Micro-blogs are easy to write. You only need 140 characters to put your message across.
- Instant feedback. Pl urk! Nuf said.
- Micro-blogs like Twitter, Plurk are increasingly attracting more people (growing community) .
- Blogs are getting spammed. Micro-blogs not yet (or not as prevalen t as blogs).
The majority of my social interactions are online & Iâve gotten to know people quite well thru Twitter. It is well worth my time. But I also n eed to be blogging. Investing in both is valuable for me & each offers uniq ue paybacks.What about you? What are your thoughts?
Good points. As I mentioned in response to your Plurk, my access during work ho
urs is limited (though there are ways to go about that, I've realised that I'd
rather not). I like Plurk because it's very informal and fast, unlike with blog
s where it takes time and a bit more effort. I've been blogging for five years
now, and my interest in it usually goes up and down. I would love to be more ac
tive with blogging, and I plan to use my microblogging sites to promote my blog
.
Since joining Twitter and Plurk my actual blogging has decreased in frequency a
nd length. However the number of people I have met and collaborations formed ha
ve grown exponentially.
I don't think micro-blogging will take away from people writing actual bloggeri
es. I do however think that people will begin starting less and less personal b
logs as they already have an outlet. This outlet also usually provides much mor
e feedback.
Honestly, Plurk and Twitter are quite addicting because it will let you to stop
blogging when you happen to know that a fellow 'ka-blogger' wants to chat with
you there.
To get me out of the danger of tsikahan, I usually login right after I'm done w
ith a blog because Plurking and Twittering will surely give me a hard time to f
inish my blog. :)
I have both Twitter and Plurk account but they don't hinder me from blogging.
In fact these micro-blogging sites somehow help me in blogging on my Wordpress.
For example, there's a topic on Plurk about jeepney drivers. It gives me the i
dea what to blog about.
And then after I've blogged it on my Wordpress, I woud post the link of the blo
g post on Plurk. So it helps on getting more traffic to my Wordpress account.
Microblogging is so addictive. I like to Twitter everyday with my friends and t
alk about just anything. I also have some blogs but i update frequently my Twit
ter more than my Wordpress blog.