Posting a blog article is a process which involves research, thinking, formulating opinions, gathering links, going over it a couple of time to make sure it is clear… This gives the value to the blog post. Something I cannot say about Twitts.

I think Twitter’s got potential as a great tool, but you make an important point about its pitfalls. Still, whether we love it or hate it, we’re fast approaching the tug towards an epical information flood and few of us will be able to keep staying on the shore without at least getting wet.

In a way, maybe this isn’t such a bad thing. For years anonymity on the web reduced courtesy. There’s a chance (a small one) that people will be more careful about what they say. That, as you say, they’ll think as if they’re face-to-face before they Tweet.

Not a fun thing to contemplate….

Barbara

1. You have personal respect for people you follow.
2. You have a need to get short bits of information out into the aether on a frequent basis.
3. You want to build contacts in a specific industry or market.

In addition, you must be the sort of person who is capable of framing complete thoughts in Standard English, in roughly 20 words or less.

If you can’t meet these conditions, Twitter’s not for you.

It’s certainly taught me tons about brevity.