Week 10: Why blog at all and how is it done?

Micro-blogging: Addictive in Small Doses
By Shaun Buzza, 30/04/2010

“Do people have enough time to use these tools? If so, does that mean that they are somehow not the people who are already "too busy" at their jobs? Are the only people who will use the tools exactly those people who the organization views as time wasters, tinkering about, etc”. Weller, M. (2007).

For the everyday web 2.0 user, hosting a large, successful and meaningful blog site isn’t exactly number one on their online agenda. The idea of micro-blogging; being to upload small amount of content in a casual manner, is more accessible and occupies less of our time and attention. Sites that enable us to micro-blog (including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter as mention in this week’s tutorial) allow for a more personal, casual and social approach to what we know as blogging.
While it seems like less work to post our “status” of “tweet”, are we actually accessing these platforms in more frequent doses? The answer remains ambiguous, but it is reasonable to suggest that more people access Facebook and Twitter nowadays more than your average blog site. In fact most people probably don’t realise that such an exercise can be classified as blogging, that’s how casual micro-blogging has become. Needless to say, as long as the individual demands attention and remain narcissistic, micro-blogging will always have a small say in society.

References:

Weller, M. (2007). Is blogging a good use of time?