If you are a Twitter user, then you probably understand what all the hype is about. If you're a blogger who doesn't tweet, you probably also understand.
I've been tweeting some over the past few weeks. I have a few friends, mainly people who's blogs I read, I also subscribe to their tweets.
Tweeting is kind of as you go thoughts, links, what's on your mind. Blogging isn't really designed for that. Blogging takes some thought, organization, and more time. Tweets are fast and can get a point or thought across without all the formality of blogging.
I've seen Twitter used in a couple of ways. Some just through out random thoughts or actions as they are doing them. Some pass on tinyurl.com links to cool sites or even their own blog posts. Half the time I forget to tweet about what I'm doing. Mainly because I don't think anyone who sees my twits gives a crap about what I'm doing.
So you're basically left with two types of tweets, ones that are random thoughts which most people won't care about, or ones that have something of value that someone wants to share with an audience. But isn't that what RSS is supposed to accomplish? Yes, but only for blog posts.
Here is an example of what I'm talking about. Chris Pirillo sends (used to) links through twitter to his and other vids on the net. Chris Brogan is also very good at sending links to very cool content.
I don't think this was the original intent of Twitter. However, I think making quick twits has value just like a blog post can. It's all in what you deliver.
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