Can Microblogging Cause a Shift?
It seems that there is a mini-storm, particularly in Social Media circles in the area of microblogging. Microblogging is essentially small updates for readers that fit in a relatively short space (read: words or characters). Twitter, Pownce, Plaxo and Facebook are all examples of microblogging platforms or have them as part of their web app or service.
One might say, “why don’t I just have a lot of short posts”. And one could do this. However, micorblogs offer something more, a kind of community where one can interact with friends, etc. I would liken it to a town square or maybe coffee house or diner. You may run into people you know or strike up a conversation. And people may drift in and out. It is not IM, but you can do it from anywhere — yet it is dynamic.
It is a unique way for people to transmit their values in real time. And to a group of people…Maybe you could think of it as a mob values aggregator!
Then it hit that in order to be successful you had to morph into something else (or many things). To do a reasonable job, you essentially became a mini-newspaper. And so it goes with blogging….