"Micro-Blogging"
I have tried Twitter for a few weeks now, and while I like what it does for business & people getting news & ideas across, I reject labeling Twitter "micro-blogging".
It is impossible to come up with any coherent argument together with what you're actually trying to argue in less than 140 characters. (unless we're talking about cryptic ones like "I think therefore I am"). I've tried many times, starting with what I wanna say, then try to trim it to under 140. Hasn't worked once -- for an actual argument, I repeat. Not just "ate dinner today, was nice seeing friends" type "blogs".
I see Twitter as more of a headlines news source and friends chat space. If you look lots of posts include links which takes you to another page for details. Not that there's any problem with it, it's just not a blog. But then again, maybe I'm just ignorant and too narrow about its definition. But I sure hope no one's been writing blogs based primarily on posts like "ate dinner today, was nice seeing friends"??
Another thing, Twitter takes WAY too much of my time. It's no one's fault but mine, but anyway... :)
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