micro-blogging: the new minivan

Posted: August 22, 2007

to those that don’t have any clue what a micro-blog is then you need to make one of two decisions:

skip this post

read on and learn a little about what i think of micro-blogs

Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually less than 200 characters) and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email or the web. - thank you wikipedia.

apparently i am a part of this new hip concept called advanced operators which is a tight knit group of peeps in portland that plans to discuss web topics and discuss each others projects. i probably slaughtered the concept but hopefully it is clean enough to understand. well, this is our first topic and we are talking about micro-blogging. below you will see the questions presented followed by my answers. omg hells yayer!

1. is microblogging a fad?

i think so. maybe not so much a fad as much as a stepping stone to something that will hopefully make more sense to the majority.

2. does is have any value beyond entertainment?

yes. i think it is a great coordination and communication tool within certain circles and there are many other practical applications i could see it being used for. however, the majority of the users seem to be driven by entertainment due to it’s limitations.

3. will microblogging degrade the value of information being created by lessening the amount of deeper resources?

eventually it will be classified and you will be able to filter out micro-blog info during search queries - so i am not concerned.

4. is microblogging a feature that can be absorbed by larger social networks like myspace and facebook?

fuck yeah. that is that crowd that is going to make it flourish.

5. who will dominate the microblogging sphere and why?

6. loaded question. i believe that all of these beta apps are paving the way for one entity to combine them all into one efficient solution. right now i think of micro-blogging as more “easy to ignore” content. micro-blogging is the kind of the industrial revolution for IM. it will soon be nothing more than an expansion of IM. imo.

7. as microblogging fills in the space between all of our other forms of communication, we approach real time connection to other people via the web. what kind of impact has/will this make on our psyche and relationships with other people?

fuck if i know. i do however believe that there eventually will be an overbearing desire for ambiguity in society.

i sure as shit don’t know everything and i am fairly new to micro-blogging. this is just my opinion and it is always possible that it will change.

cheers!