Jun 25th, 2009 |
What is the difference between micro-blogging and private IM chat rooms? Simplicity – micro blogging is much easier to use and understand. Things get los t easily in forum threads – they’re too bulky and too hard to wade through. Micro blogging tends to be more public and optional and allows for easier discoverability. Google is great for results, but not for answers. Micro blogging is near real time - it’s important to differentiate that from real time which causes disruption.
