Comments on: Microblogging Part 2 of 4: David’s Goliath http://randrewgillette.com/blogging/70/microblogging-part-2-of-4-davids-goliath/ This is about me and the things I do Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:08:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andy Gillette http://randrewgillette.com/blogging/70/microblogging-part-2-of-4-davids-goliath/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Andy Gillette Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:49:48 +0000 http://randrewgillette.com/?p=70#comment-45 One of the more fascinating developments in recent past, I think, has been the rise of some of the 'post-to-everything' type of services. I want to cover some of this in part 4, but so many of them pop up and then fizzle out for reasons that are not entirely clear to me. I use posterous a lot because of exactly what you're talking about. I've got friends across a lot of different sites, and though there is a fair amount of overlap, everyone isn't in the same place. So I like being able to post to Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook all at once, but it has some obvious drawbacks. I'll probably get a clearer idea once I start trying to write the article, but I think it makes me lazier overall, in a way. Because I can just click one button and share everywhere I end up interacting with the individual sites a lot less... One of the more fascinating developments in recent past, I think, has been the rise of some of the ‘post-to-everything’ type of services. I want to cover some of this in part 4, but so many of them pop up and then fizzle out for reasons that are not entirely clear to me. I use posterous a lot because of exactly what you’re talking about. I’ve got friends across a lot of different sites, and though there is a fair amount of overlap, everyone isn’t in the same place. So I like being able to post to Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook all at once, but it has some obvious drawbacks. I’ll probably get a clearer idea once I start trying to write the article, but I think it makes me lazier overall, in a way. Because I can just click one button and share everywhere I end up interacting with the individual sites a lot less…

]]> By: Sam Ragnarsson http://randrewgillette.com/blogging/70/microblogging-part-2-of-4-davids-goliath/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Sam Ragnarsson Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:25:49 +0000 http://randrewgillette.com/?p=70#comment-42 Finally we have part 2 ;) It is amazing how many services are out there similar to Tumblr. I have signed up with most of them (http://samrag.tumblr.com/), but I still don't really get them. If Facebook would come up with a nice interface instead of just the newswall, I would only post content to Facebook. The bottom line is that I am trying to share something I liked, and doing that on tumblr requires me to have people visit the site. Posting it on Facebook means that my friends will see it automatically as they are visiting Facebook for many other reasons than just to check my postings. See you on post 3 Finally we have part 2 ;)

It is amazing how many services are out there similar to Tumblr. I have signed up with most of them (http://samrag.tumblr.com/), but I still don’t really get them. If Facebook would come up with a nice interface instead of just the newswall, I would only post content to Facebook. The bottom line is that I am trying to share something I liked, and doing that on tumblr requires me to have people visit the site. Posting it on Facebook means that my friends will see it automatically as they are visiting Facebook for many other reasons than just to check my postings.

See you on post 3

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