Twitter v. Blog
August 7, 2009Ever since social networking has created in me the insatiable desire to reveal everything about my life to everyone (well, at least everyone with high-speed internet access), the only thing left to decide is what medium I will use to accomplish this. For a long time, it was this blog. Recently, as life, busy-ness, and yes, a bit of laziness set in, I have found great utility for an even more addicting, bite-sized, fast-food mass messaging system. Yes, I temporarily abandoned my blog for Twitter.
Twitter has it’s advantages. But the specific ones that won me over were as follows: It’s completely portable (sorry, but even I can’t tolerate punching out an entire blog on my iPhone), it really doesn’t require any obligation, and it makes stalking even easier, even welcomed. Most importantly it satisfies my craving for self-divulgence…with half the fat and calories! You know what I mean. Twitter is all the fun with less work.
Unfortunately, Twitter has proven itself a little too micro for someone as macro-mouthed as myself. The word twitter actually means “a short burst of inconsequential information.” Vertical measurements aside, there is nothing short about me, or more specifically, about the way I share information, inconsequential though it may be. I can’t tell you how many times I have tortured myself trying to cram my thoughts and happenings into 140 measly characters. Sometimes I can’t even get a sentence out in 140 characters. I am longwinded. It’s who I am.
On top of that, I think Twitter has taught me something about myself. It turns out I don’t just want to blab out tons of information about myself…I actually enjoy it. Writing is an outlet for me. I don’t just want to get the word out in the fastest way possible with the least amount of characters. I actually want to take time to write about things.
In short (haha), my constant snacking on Twitter has still left me hungry for something with a little more meat on it. So will I be abandoning Twitter like I did this blog? Nope. I still think Twitter has it’s place, just not as a replacement for blogging.
Welcome back! I love reading how and what people are really thinking and twitter doesn’t allow that. Plus, there are a few of us out here who can only read twitter and can’t reply. So blogs are good for responses and reading others takes on your subjects. I vote for blogging.
I’m with you on this. There is something better about publishing your stories on a blog!
I also vote for blogging, simply because anything worth saying should be worth writing in proper English. Twitter is to blogging like a comic strip is to a good book… They don’t even compare.
I’m so glad you decided to start blogging again! I’ve missed reading it! I check back every once in a while to see if you’ve updated it…you are so creative, and you write so well! Hope you keep it up!