I’ve been wondering this question for quite awhile. It certainly seems in my little world that twitter has had an extremely profound impact on the use of this very blog. So much so, that this is the first post I’ve actually written since October 12th of last year. I’ve been relying on posting blurbs and snippets from other interesting sites and new del.icio.us bookmarks to add some content here every few days.
I don’t believe I am alone in this situation either. For the most part I follow all the same people on twitter whose blogs I follow in RSS feeds. And they don’t get the same amount of updates as they did in the past. That’s certainly not true for everyone, but I think it is overall.
For me, twitter is a great place to share an idea or thought. I’ve never been much of a writer, so it was great to make a simple post without a lot of unnecessary banter of creating a decent size post or having to give every post a title.
But at the same token, always being limited to 140 characters tends keep me from writing about some things, and I tend to forget that I still have this place as an option. Another downside of twitter is that the information moves so fast, that unless you are constantly reading through all your contacts past tweets, there is a good chance you might miss something interesting.
Like most of my posts, this doesn’t really have any point, it was just an observation. And maybe it will spark a little conversation or debate, as I’m really curious what others think of this.
Follow me on Twitter if your interested in more of what I have to say, since that is where I say the most.
You’re probably right, I find I post quick thoughts to Twitter that I might post to the blog before. That being said, I post many quick thoughts on Twitter that I never used to post to the blog, and anything that can’t easily be explained in 140 characters is still on the blog, so maybe people who only follow the blog are glad to miss the short notes? ;)