On Mashable (twitterer/blogger) Steven Hodson argues that ‘Twitter is Not a Micro-Blogging Tool’. In Steven’s view Twitter “is no different than another service that we have had for a very long time on the Web and it’s called Internet Messenger or Gtalk or any number of messenger type services“.
This qualification is partly confirmed by Scott Hanselman’s musing explaining why he hasn’t used Instant Messaging for anything significant in months. Read in ‘Twitter and The Uselessfulness of Micro-blogging’ what elements make Twitter special.
What’s your opinion about ‘Twitter as micro-blogging’ tool? Are you (like Steven) ‘insulted that Twitter is even considered to be in the same field as blogs or even micro-blogs’??
On Mashable (twitterer/blogger) Steven Hodson argues that ‘Twitter is Not a Micro-Blogging Tool’. In Steven’s view Twitter “is no different than another service that we have had for a very long time on the Web and it’s called Internet Messenger or Gtalk or any number of messenger type services“.
This qualification is partly confirmed by [...]
Comments
@ 01:19
Twitter is NOT another like IM.
Twitter is 1 to many broadcasting, not 121 discussion….
So it may not be “micro-blogging” but who the hell can give a definition of micro-blogging…….
@ 08:34
Twitter is a micro blogging tool. It’s in the way that you use it.
I can see how Hodson might compare it to chat tools - you can certainly use it that way. But no IM service I’m aware of keeps a database of posts that you can search any number of ways, including by location. And you can do this in almost real time, making Twitter almost an amateur journalistic tool for finding out what’s happening where.
And I don’t think some inane 140-character posts disqualifies it from the micro blogging category. You can find plenty of inane stuff in longer posts on blogs.
@ 09:35
You only IM or chat with people you already know. Inanity is not inherent in a medium — and can be found in any medium used by a sufficient number of people.
@ 10:11
I completely disagree with Mr. Hodson - Twitter is a micro-blogging platform and a whole lot more.
@ 10:22
For me: I can use Twitter (and others like it) as a micro-blog…and Pownce as a mini-blog.