Comments on: Social Networks: Blog Killers or Blog Saviors? http://www.blogherald.com/2009/03/21/social-networks/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zooped http://www.blogherald.com/2009/03/21/social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-903888 zooped Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:41:04 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=11343#comment-903888 I think they are all working together nicely just have to find a common medium between them all. As for twitter I believe it should be nothing more than an app or plugin to enhance other sites.. Forrest Gump "That's all I have to say about that" I think they are all working together nicely just have to find a common medium between them all.

As for twitter I believe it should be nothing more than an app or plugin to enhance other sites..

Forrest Gump “That’s all I have to say about that”

]]> By: Hans http://www.blogherald.com/2009/03/21/social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-900755 Hans Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:22:30 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=11343#comment-900755 To me my blog is the ID behind my doings in the different social spheres. Talking to new contacts in Twitter I am always interested in their ID behind their tweets, and quite often I learned, was astonished and had a (unexpected) real value of visiting these sites. I talk to somebody not only because its nice to talk with him but to talk about content. There can be no communication without creation of content in the long run, at least to me. To me my blog is the ID behind my doings in the different social spheres. Talking to new contacts in Twitter I am always interested in their ID behind their tweets, and quite often I learned, was astonished and had a (unexpected) real value of visiting these sites. I talk to somebody not only because its nice to talk with him but to talk about content. There can be no communication without creation of content in the long run, at least to me.

]]> By: Rob O. http://www.blogherald.com/2009/03/21/social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-900560 Rob O. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:34:51 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=11343#comment-900560 It seems as though many people are social network users if for no other reason than to drive traffic to their blogs. And I guess I do feel as though some of the social network dabbling I've done has stolen time away from my blogging, although I'll admit that a couple of times, social networking stuff has inspired some of the blog posts I've done or content elsewhere on my site. With some social networking tools, it's increasingly difficult to determine whether they truly offer any net value at all. With Twitter, for example, I have a love/hate kind of relationship - I like the immediacy of it, I've managed to bring in a little more traffic to my site, and it's allowed me to connect with a few more bloggers in my area than I knew of previously. But at the same time, I get very frustrated by the limitations that 140 characters places on you and Twitter is so linear and swift-moving that it's nearly impossible to have real conversations - kinda like dropping a leaf in a swiftly-flowing river. Twitter seems to be essentially a spam service by its very nature - most of the posts are cross-promotional efforts, metaTweeting, ReTweets of said, or just frivolous chit chat. It seems as though many people are social network users if for no other reason than to drive traffic to their blogs. And I guess I do feel as though some of the social network dabbling I’ve done has stolen time away from my blogging, although I’ll admit that a couple of times, social networking stuff has inspired some of the blog posts I’ve done or content elsewhere on my site. With some social networking tools, it’s increasingly difficult to determine whether they truly offer any net value at all.

With Twitter, for example, I have a love/hate kind of relationship – I like the immediacy of it, I’ve managed to bring in a little more traffic to my site, and it’s allowed me to connect with a few more bloggers in my area than I knew of previously. But at the same time, I get very frustrated by the limitations that 140 characters places on you and Twitter is so linear and swift-moving that it’s nearly impossible to have real conversations – kinda like dropping a leaf in a swiftly-flowing river. Twitter seems to be essentially a spam service by its very nature – most of the posts are cross-promotional efforts, metaTweeting, ReTweets of said, or just frivolous chit chat.

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