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Because I Can’t Say That in 140 Characters
Posted on January 7th, 2010 in Life and Family by Fred McKinnon
My buddy, Joel Klampert … well, he started this conversation. It’s one that I’ve been having “in my head” for a while.
Let’s face it.
Twitter and Facebook. They have really changed the way we experience “community” online.
For a season, you learned what you know about me, and about what I know (which isn’t necessarily all that much) through this blog. Now, if you follow me on Twitter (which also connects via Facebook) you get a LOT more information.
According to Google Site Analytics and Feedburner Stats …. there are more of you subscribed to and visiting this blog than ever before. Thousands. Can I say thanks? Thanks.
Yet … there is less commenting and community …
I have to confess, I rarely have time to visit many of your blogs these days, but I see your tweets. Sometimes, I click on them and read your blogs.
So … is this horse dead? Why keep riding it? Why keep blogging?
That’s the question I’ve asked. Soul-searching. Pondering.
But, I’m still doing this thing called “blogging”. Why?
Because …
* I can’t tell you some of the stories of my kids in 140 characters or less.
* I can’t ask the questions I have about Scripture in 140 characters or less.
* I can’t share vision and invite you to be a part of in 14o characters or less.
For those who know me personally, I can’t answer the simplest question in 140 WORDS or less, much less 140 characters. My childhood nicknames were:
Motor Mouth
Mouth of the South
So, there you have it. 292 words to explain why I can’t condense my community to 140 characters or less.
Will you help me make this blog a better community, where we can go a little deeper with one another than 140 characters allows?
Jump in.
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