A few short facts about writing on the web

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Short facts about writing on the web:

1. Twitter – None of your tweets will be remembered in a few days. On Twitter, everyone seems to have ADHD and a short attention span, including me. :)

2. Tumblr - Everyone’s busy to reblog others, you’ll probably receive a few “likes” for something you wrote but you’ll remain just another Tumblr user.

3. Your blog – This is probably the place where content lives a longer life, as you have more control over it than on Twitter and Tumblr.

4. Facebook – Uhm, why am I talking about Facebook? There’s no writing there!

Everything on the web is ephemeral. Use pen and paper for your most important things and use the web as a backup solution. Keep what you write on a service like Zoho, just in case you lose your notebook.

posted: 10 March 9
under: writing

One Response to “A few short facts about writing on the web”

  1. Mihai Ioan says:

    Twitter – Good for advertising, get to know people and a lot of spam.
    Tumblr – Didn’t use it but i saw a few profiles. almost everyone copies from others. Or they just post pictures with almost 0 text. C’mon, i think some text there will fit perfectly.
    Your blog – it’s perfect for me, it really saved me lots of time in the past. When i’m depressed i go there and i write. It and twitter really helped me.
    Facebook – maybe for farmvile :) )

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