Comments on: Why I Like Micro-Blogging http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/03/why-i-like-micro-blogging/ Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:17:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Greg Bray http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/03/why-i-like-micro-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-54473 Greg Bray Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:37:49 +0000 http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/03/why-i-like-micro-blogging/#comment-54473 I have blogged about Twitter before (check the website for a great video about it if you are interested) and while it is very easy to overuse the service, I think that it can be a very useful tool for communicating with a group of friends or a large audience. The headlines from Myspace and Facebook are in essence a Micro-blog, and although these are usually used for quick jokes or casual status updates there are other uses where micro-blogging is a good fit. Live blogging tends to fall in this category, since you can quickly post items about a sports event, presidential debate or technical conference and create an online community around the event where people can share opinions in real time. I do however find that trying to follow a conversation on twitter is downright impossible, especially after a week or month has passed by. I like the idea of limiting the number of characters in a message, but I think there needs to be a way to exclude hyperlinks or "in reply to this message" from the character count. TinyURL and @Name are a partial solution, but they still do not address the root of the problem, which is the ability to create a connection between the message and external information, be it a conversation, web page, or video. I think that eventually someone will find the right mix and once they do it will change the way that micro blogging is used (think how Google changed email by making conversation view a mainstream feature) P.S. I stumbled here from Herschel"s blog. Keep up the great work! I have blogged about Twitter before (check the website for a great video about it if you are interested) and while it is very easy to overuse the service, I think that it can be a very useful tool for communicating with a group of friends or a large audience. The headlines from Myspace and Facebook are in essence a Micro-blog, and although these are usually used for quick jokes or casual status updates there are other uses where micro-blogging is a good fit. Live blogging tends to fall in this category, since you can quickly post items about a sports event, presidential debate or technical conference and create an online community around the event where people can share opinions in real time.

I do however find that trying to follow a conversation on twitter is downright impossible, especially after a week or month has passed by. I like the idea of limiting the number of characters in a message, but I think there needs to be a way to exclude hyperlinks or “in reply to this message” from the character count. TinyURL and @Name are a partial solution, but they still do not address the root of the problem, which is the ability to create a connection between the message and external information, be it a conversation, web page, or video. I think that eventually someone will find the right mix and once they do it will change the way that micro blogging is used (think how Google changed email by making conversation view a mainstream feature)

P.S. I stumbled here from Herschel”s blog. Keep up the great work!

]]> By: Now what, Microblogging! « The Brain Machine http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/03/why-i-like-micro-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-52716 Now what, Microblogging! « The Brain Machine Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:29:43 +0000 http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/03/why-i-like-micro-blogging/#comment-52716 [...] Now, just when you thought the Internet was slowing down a little so you could catch your breath here comes Microblogging. Zac, a friend of mine, blogged the other dayabout Microblogging. Microblogging is telling a quick idea on a web site such as Twitter or Facebook. If you “do” microblogging you find that it is disconnected at times and can be distracting. I’ve been following a few Microbloggers and I just don’t get it. I really don’t have time to follow people hour by hour and Microblogging can push you that direction. [...] [...] Now, just when you thought the Internet was slowing down a little so you could catch your breath here comes Microblogging. Zac, a friend of mine, blogged the other dayabout Microblogging. Microblogging is telling a quick idea on a web site such as Twitter or Facebook. If you “do” microblogging you find that it is disconnected at times and can be distracting. I’ve been following a few Microbloggers and I just don’t get it. I really don’t have time to follow people hour by hour and Microblogging can push you that direction. [...]

]]> By: Graham Brenna http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/03/why-i-like-micro-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-52234 Graham Brenna Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:11:24 +0000 http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/03/why-i-like-micro-blogging/#comment-52234 Right On! I've been microblogging on Facebook for years in my status updates and I recently joined Twitter. I've set Twitter to automatically update my Facebook status. Most of my friends only use Facebook so it's perfect. I typically post updates from my various blogs to Twitter so they can easily find them. TinyURL.com does a great job of this to stay below 140 characters. I agree with you 100% that microblogging is a great way to view the "tip of the iceberg" if you will. Right On! I’ve been microblogging on Facebook for years in my status updates and I recently joined Twitter. I’ve set Twitter to automatically update my Facebook status. Most of my friends only use Facebook so it’s perfect. I typically post updates from my various blogs to Twitter so they can easily find them. TinyURL.com does a great job of this to stay below 140 characters.

I agree with you 100% that microblogging is a great way to view the “tip of the iceberg” if you will.

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