What is (not) so good about micro blogs

... (than e.g. platforms where you can post more) ?^[1]

misunderstanding possibility due to limits in characters (or let's say: in normal life there's not even time to cover all if-then-scenarios)

• which ensures: there's again interaction because of questions, ...
  • is this now a devil's circle (in terms of time allocation)?
  • or is it wished? e.g. by twitter (to keep the system alive) and/or the sender (to engage more discussion)?
• one could extend the char limit, link to blogs, ...
  • but when not all do this it seems unfair, since more space could give more freedom to formulate arguments or
    at least save time (e.g. quote: sorry, that I write a longer letter now, for a shorter one I didn't have the time - by Voltaire/Goethe/Twain/Marx?)

the old guard (micro blog platforms) in general

• So, it gives users the possibility to help others, e.g.
  • info distribution (e.g. new info gets very fast to others or answers to their problems)
    • a limit like 140 chars could foster: the important info is read first
  • improve other users info (e.g. by adding appropriate tags more people see it)
  • retweeting: recognize others work/comments
  • one can engage in discussions (though the display format should foster this - not only for new people detecting the discussion - e.g. web display of twitter is hell, conversation style of identi.ca preferred)

• it's easy to meet other people (may be like-minded, may be not)
• tells more about you, e.g.
  • when you are awake?
  • do you really work or your salary supports non-company-related activity?
  • your social circle, ideas, ...
• it costs time (one has to decide which time slot to skip for micro blogging)
  • well anything costs time...
  • one could argue: it's only a tweet/dent - but I wonder if you treat then the recipient unfairly? (see Voltaire + time above)
  • spam

• booms
  • I wonder how e.g. twitter contributed to the smartphone boom?

• ...

And now?... you've to decide how much micro blogging you do or don't do - in which time phase

see also

• Category:Micro-blogging
• Blog:Observations/What will happen with blogging in Mediawiki?

1. ↑ question prompted due to 140 char limit of twitter, identi.ca, though StatusNet itself allows >140 chars or other platforms like Friendika