Why You Should Keep Blogging in the Age of Twitter
by Bill Ives
I think that Twitter complements blogs and does not replace them. Here is a useful post by Adam Singer that goes into detail on this point, 19 Reasons You Should Blog And Not Just Tweet. Twiiter offers the sound bytes and blogs can go into depth. As noted in Adam’s blog post, many of the most useful tweets contains links to blogs and other content that goes into more depth.
I find Twitter a great way to exchange and discovery good content on a variety of topics. However, most of the content resides outside the 140 character limits of twitter. On the other hand, Adam notes: “Unscientific observation: most bloggers use Twitter, but many Twitter users do not blog.” I think these non-blogging Twitters are missing the chance to have a substantial conversation with their audience.
Case in point, the 19 reasons to keep blogging could not be conveyed in Twitter but the title should draw a lot of RTs and click throughs to the actual post. Which is better to be a RT pointer or the owner of the content where the reader ends up? I encourage you to check on Adam’s 19 reasons. I agree with all of them and I will tweet this blog post. Blog on.
