TinyPaste: extendible micro-blogging Jul01 '08
When I developed Twordy, I did so with the intention of filling a need - being able to post as much content as you'd like, while still taking advantage of micro-blogging services like Twitter.
This is especially useful for those that don't want/need to maintain a traditional blog, and already have a growing group of followers on Twitter.
I'm really not expecting this idea to take off and be a huge hit, but what I do expect is similar services to hit the web which mimic Twordy's concept.
One such service, called TinyPaste, does just that. You can copy/paste, or type directly into a text box, and then submit your content. You then receive a permanent URL for pasting into micro-blogging services. Essentially you're writing your content elsewhere, and just linking to it from micro-blogging services that would otherwise have limited the amount of text you could type.
This is no different from writing a separate blog post, and then linking to it on Twitter. The difference is that services like Twordy and TinyPaste remove the complexity and overhead of traditional blogging systems. They simply reduce the number of steps it takes to write content and share it - taking advantage of your micro-blogging network, which is already established and probably growing.
I think we're going to see more services like Twordy and TinyPaste, as social networks become more prevalent and necessary to conduct relations of any kind.
Categories: Microblogging 
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