Twitter is often referred to as ‘microblogging.’ I’ve never liked this word that has been created around the format, and I finally realized how to put this distaste down on {virtual} paper. This is a misrepresentation at the service for several reasons:
1) A twitter is really nothing like a small blog post. Blog posts are often very pre-meditated. Twitter posts are most frequently off-the-top-of-your-head blurbs.
2) Twitter has a greater impact on your person as a whole. While blogs were and are a revolutionary medium that allows people to write and be read, as mentioned in my last post Twitter actually changes the way you interact with others around you on a day-to-day basis. I’m more connected with those around me, as well as it providing a window into the lives of people who are geographically distant.
Evaluating these concepts and others similar one thing becomes clear …
Twitter IS NOT SMALL BLOGGING!
They both provide a mechanism to broadcast text on the web. So does IRC.
