Comments on: Is Twitter Killing Blogs and Blogging?

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:58:40 +0000

Ricardo,
You and are definitely on the same page! Thanks for the comment and the article.

Mark

By: Ricardo Carreon

Ricardo Carreon — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:37:23 +0000

Mark,

I recently wrote an article on this. Twitter seems to be more suited for distribution of content, for keeping up with your network and event to do some type of IM with your friends. One major difference that I have noticed is that tweets have a very short life span and usually die within 1-2 days of publication (if they don’t become a trending topic or are RT’d by many people). Blog posts continue to have a longer life span mostly given search engines such as Google. An interesting post on a relevant topic can be successful for years and doesn’t get lost quickly within the avalanche of tweets.

Here is my article with my thoughts on the subject: The Ephemeral tweet: Is Twitter really Killing Blogs? http://ow.ly/1dEg3

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By: Karen Goodman

Karen Goodman — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:05:13 +0000

I write a blog and use Twitter, and use them very different purposes. My blog gives me a chance to talk about topics in depth and to share my expertise with people that might consider hiring me (I'm a real estate agent). I try to write using a personal tone, but I keep it very professional and stay on focus.

Twitter is basically networking. I get to talk about my life, share some tips, and point people to my blog and other posts that I've found helpful. People get to know ME on Twitter, but there is no way to communicate depth of information. Pointing someone to a post solves that problem.

Anyone can twitter. Only a select group have the writing skills, perseverance and knowledge to blog.

@karenstl

By: GadgetMan

GadgetMan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:44:57 +0000

Twitter is broadcast updates within 140 characters, broadcast SMS in my opinion. It is kind of like blogging, but you’re limited in what to say. If you need to write something quick and on the mobile, Twitter is the way to go. However, if you want to write something more substantial which can easily be tracked and commented on, then blogging is the way to go. It’s hard to follow comments back on Twitter messages, since the messages that come through are in chronological order. So it’s hard to see the threads. FriendFeed is much better in this regard.

By: Greg Gazin

Greg Gazin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:22:59 +0000

Great post!

Twitter is blogging…MicroBlogging

For me Twitter is good for …”Oh by the way..” I also use it to give people a heads up or a reminder to check out blog posts.

By: Wilson Hines

Wilson Hines — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:32:33 +0000

Yes, my blogging has suffered greatly! I am amazed at how much I tweet and how little I blog now.

By: Dan Greenfield

Dan Greenfield — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:37:42 +0000

Great post. Reminds of the studies in the 1990s decrying the shrinking soundbite lengths of political candidates on broadcast news. Who said twitter is the new soundbite? Sad, but true attention spans continue to shorten.

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