The purpose of microblogging is to give people, companies, and other entities the ability to share short updates with all subscribers (or viewers, in the case of publicly accessible microblogs) in real time. This technique has been succesful because it allows users to have access to information immediately and, if applicable, straight from the source. In addition to that, the fact that the updates are short make microblogs more attractive for readers than reading, for example, a long blog entry or newspaper article. The fact that there is a limit to how much one can write in an update also influences microbloggers to get right to the point in their updates, whereas in a blog, it might take them longer to get to the point.
What do you use microblogging for? Do you think this fad will last very long?
For those of you who do not really understand microblogging, here is a really great video explaining how Twitter works:
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I think microblogging is the best thing to come along. Microblogging is easy to use and can be used anywhere by anyone.I really enjoy using microblogging websites especially Twitter because it helps me keep up with what is going on so right now I am really enjoying this whole microblogging concept.
ReplyDeleteMicroblogging is a worldwide pandemic. Statistics show people in Australia spend an average of 7 hrs a day in their favorite social networking sites. Italy, the U.S., and the U.K. follow with average users spending 6 hrs per day. (That's 1/4 of a day!) We are in the lead as the only country with the number of users soaring to 9 digits.
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