Comments on: Twitter is to Blogging what Telegrams were to Airmail http://www.spideysenses.com/2008/04/09/twitter-is-to-blogging-what-telegrams-were-to-airmail/ Ted Rheingold's web journal Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:57:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sally http://www.spideysenses.com/2008/04/09/twitter-is-to-blogging-what-telegrams-were-to-airmail/#comment-200686 Sally Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:04 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/?p=537#comment-200686 Hmnmm. The closest I've ever got to twittering is the little status message on Facebook and I must admit, I stopped using it because it was annoying me that other people would use that little piece of feed to say things like "Was in a car crash today" or "Husband died" or 'am washing dishes" and that was it! This was how I was now supposed to be a part of their lives? A tiny fractured message with no substance to back it up? Friends I'd known for 5, 10, 20 years summing up dramatic events in their life in 140 characters or less. True, sometimes it may have been a bit painful to elaborate at the time, but I felt quite cut off from their life - gone were the days where I'd have at least had a paragraph or two email about them and thus felt informed and a part of their lives. So, maybe I'm a fuddy duddy, but I think people who rely on twittering are really alienating everyone, even though at the same time they are overloading them with superflous details of their lives and it doesnt really allow for a conversation at all. If its not worth a couple of paragraphs in a blog or email I'm not interested. Hmnmm. The closest I’ve ever got to twittering is the little status message on Facebook and I must admit, I stopped using it because it was annoying me that other people would use that little piece of feed to say things like “Was in a car crash today” or “Husband died” or ‘am washing dishes” and that was it! This was how I was now supposed to be a part of their lives? A tiny fractured message with no substance to back it up? Friends I’d known for 5, 10, 20 years summing up dramatic events in their life in 140 characters or less. True, sometimes it may have been a bit painful to elaborate at the time, but I felt quite cut off from their life - gone were the days where I’d have at least had a paragraph or two email about them and thus felt informed and a part of their lives.

So, maybe I’m a fuddy duddy, but I think people who rely on twittering are really alienating everyone, even though at the same time they are overloading them with superflous details of their lives and it doesnt really allow for a conversation at all. If its not worth a couple of paragraphs in a blog or email I’m not interested.

]]> By: Twitter: Familiar Communication | The Blog of Rudy Amid http://www.spideysenses.com/2008/04/09/twitter-is-to-blogging-what-telegrams-were-to-airmail/#comment-197737 Twitter: Familiar Communication | The Blog of Rudy Amid Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:36:50 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/?p=537#comment-197737 [...] Twitter has sparked some really creative writing. I am referring to the clever analogy by Ted Rheingold or the stereotypical male metaphor by Michael Martine. If you have, or know a post about Twitter, [...] [...] Twitter has sparked some really creative writing. I am referring to the clever analogy by Ted Rheingold or the stereotypical male metaphor by Michael Martine. If you have, or know a post about Twitter, [...]

]]> By: Leef Smith http://www.spideysenses.com/2008/04/09/twitter-is-to-blogging-what-telegrams-were-to-airmail/#comment-196719 Leef Smith Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:58:22 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/?p=537#comment-196719 Excellent posts on the merits of twitter and micro-blogging for engaging more involved and thoughtful dialog. More my 2 cents, I think Facebook is also cannibalizing blogging significantly, or at least my blogging. Years later, it feels like feedreaders have still not gone mainstream, let alone Twitter. So if I want to share/write something and have it actually read by people that matter to me (read "friends"), my current feeling is that Facebook is the best medium. But it does seem to come smaller, more digestible/regurgittaable chunks anyway. Sorry for the bird food analogy. I've been watching too many nature documentaries lately. Excellent posts on the merits of twitter and micro-blogging for engaging more involved and thoughtful dialog.

More my 2 cents, I think Facebook is also cannibalizing blogging significantly, or at least my blogging. Years later, it feels like feedreaders have still not gone mainstream, let alone Twitter.

So if I want to share/write something and have it actually read by people that matter to me (read “friends”), my current feeling is that Facebook is the best medium. But it does seem to come smaller, more digestible/regurgittaable chunks anyway.

Sorry for the bird food analogy. I’ve been watching too many nature documentaries lately.

]]> By: Michael Parekh http://www.spideysenses.com/2008/04/09/twitter-is-to-blogging-what-telegrams-were-to-airmail/#comment-196501 Michael Parekh Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:51:26 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/?p=537#comment-196501 Well said, Ted. Both the writer and reader of blogs and twitter-like services are under increased time and prioritization pressures. This will only get worse for a while as technology makes more types of communication possible both in terms of expense and convenience. I'm already struggling with what I could, should, or should not do with services like Qik and others that allow non-stop, ad hoc video blogging. It's very understandable under the circumstances why some writers like Hugh decide to back away from one medium altogether. Many readers/viewers will likely do the same and their choices will not be as immediately evident. Interesting times. Well said, Ted. Both the writer and reader of blogs and twitter-like services are under increased time and prioritization pressures. This will only get worse for a while as technology makes more types of communication possible both in terms of expense and convenience.

I’m already struggling with what I could, should, or should not do with services like Qik and others that allow non-stop, ad hoc video blogging.

It’s very understandable under the circumstances why some writers like Hugh decide to back away from one medium altogether. Many readers/viewers will likely do the same and their choices will not be as immediately evident.

Interesting times.

]]> By: fred wilson http://www.spideysenses.com/2008/04/09/twitter-is-to-blogging-what-telegrams-were-to-airmail/#comment-196482 fred wilson Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:24:50 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/?p=537#comment-196482 it's hard to do both but i think the right balance is blogging and twittering. and linking them as much as you can fred it’s hard to do both but i think the right balance is blogging and twittering.

and linking them as much as you can

fred

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