Which Do You Read More: Tweets or Blogs?
Apr 12 2008 
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Wayne Sutton (@waynesutton on Twitter” href=”http://twitter.com/waynesutton” target=”_blank”>@waynesutton), a new social media technology evangelist, brought up a very interesting perspective over in the comment section of "Use Twitter In Conjunction With Your RSS Reader". He stated that:
But I must say that I read tweets more now than I do blog post.
Do many of you do the same?
I know that it’s much easier to do considering that twitter messages are sent much faster than blogs are publishing articles. However, there are quite a few people who can’t afford to read every twitter message, such as those with thousands of followers. Also, there are those who don’t quite interact with Twitter very often either.
As of lately, I can attest that I’ve definitely been reading way more tweets than blog posts. I do this because there’s more conversation and it’s produced at a more rapid pace than bloggers publish their content (or faster than Google Reader pushes content to me). Not only that, but when there’s nothing else to read in Google Reader, there’s also something to read on Twitter.
Agree? Disagree? What are your thoughts on why or why not?
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I read a ton of blogs via RSS. I casually browse Tweets on Twitter, and do a pretty good job reading FriendFeed. That covers most of it.
Are we talking about sheer quantity? Then sure Twitter will win, with everyone blathering about their breakfast choices. In terms of time and quality and where I'm getting my information from? It's blogs, and if it were any different, people would spend far less time Tweeting URLs to their blog posts, no? ;)
I am constantly reading Twitter, so, I'd have to say Tweets. I have my Google Reader catch all the blogs. Though, I do read yours all the time because you are good at getting my attention. :-)
lol true true! =P
Aww yay! Thank you!
I still use my feed readers, but I have to admit that lately I've been finding more good content – faster – through Twitter. I monitor Twitter whenever I'm browsing or reading blogs, but I have to shut it off when I want to get focused work done.
No thanks necessary, its the geek in me that makes me read every one of your blogs. Thank you for all the interesting reviews! :-)
I would say its probably about even but seem to find out the big breaking news via twitter more now then I do with blogs.
I probably read a higher percentage of tweets than blog posts, but I'm subscribed to more feeds (~160) than people I follow on twitter (~75). I found this blog from an item in my feed reader.
I do think “breaking news” has shifted from blogs to twitter, though, in terms of awareness and discovery.
I probably read a higher percentage of tweets than blog posts, but I'm subscribed to more feeds (~160) than people I follow on twitter (~75). I found this blog from an item in my feed reader.
I do think “breaking news” has shifted from blogs to twitter, though, in terms of awareness and discovery.
I probably read a higher percentage of tweets than blog posts, but I'm subscribed to more feeds (~160) than people I follow on twitter (~75). I found this blog from an item in my feed reader.
I do think “breaking news” has shifted from blogs to twitter, though, in terms of awareness and discovery.