Who do you think you are micro-blogging for?
On October 21st, 2008 Mark Wubben wrote:
I started using my Twitter account yesterday, after more than two years without any posts and, somewhat surprisingly, 42 followers. Instead of Twitter, I've been using Jaiku a lot. Now, my Jaiku stream is marked private, because when I post to Jaiku, I have a mental picture of who reads the posts. Namely, my Jaiku friends. Because I'm Jaikuing for them, and not the entire world, I keep the stream private.
For now, the Twitter stream is public. Twitter posts are cross-posted to Jaiku, though not the other way around. I hope I can keep the mental distinction between the Twitter stream reaching the entire world, and the Jaiku stream for my friends. (If not, Twitter, too, will become private.)
How do you use Twitter, Jaiku, or various other micro-blogging services? Who do you think you are micro-blogging for?
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