Twitter's impact on blogs Jul20 '07
I've seen a lot of articles out that are analyzing Twitter: it's premise; it's impact as a social application, etc. Whether good or bad, they're missing the point.
The whole idea of Twitter is brevity, succinctness. Reading blog posts now is like reading books. And reading long and winding blog posts about Twitter is like washing your hands with mud. Kind of defeats the purpose, no?
Real Twitter users, ie: those that use it daily, and understand the impact of such an application, don't care for lengthy articles on the subject.
I don't want to read all that. I want terse thoughts; cumulative updates. Progress me; don't bombard me.
The value of blog posts
The value of a blog post still stands, but is waning drastically in the light of applications such as Twitter.
If you don't grab your reader's attention in the first sentence, you're likely going to lose them.
In a way, Twitter is forcing bloggers to write better; more succinctly; more clearly. Readers are no longer in it for extreme verbosity and endless dialogue.
I can see a world where all content is distributed in segments of 140 characters or less. It's all about engaging your attention without overloading you with details.
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