Asides vs. Twitter

written on September 21, 2008 in Blogging

I’ve noticed that there are two major “mini-blogging” (I don’t know the correct/standard term for this) methods people use: Twitter, and Asides. Asides isn’t a third-party site like Twitter; I think it’s actually a plugin for WordPress, but I’m not 100% sure (see Jem and Amber for examples). I know there are other methods out there like Tumblr, but I’m not going to go into those.

The reason why I bring this up is because I’m curious why some people use Twitter while other simply choose to use a WordPress plugin, as I’m now debating which one I should use. I’m currently with Twitter right now, but I like the idea of having these mini-posts as an actual part of my site (as opposed to just downloading the feed and having it show up on the sidebar) and allowing readers to comment regardless of whether or not they have a Twitter account.

On the other hand, I like the social aspect of Twitter, where people can follow you and you can follow them, though I feel like I’m not really putting that feature to much use.

Anyways, my question for you guys is: Which do you use, and why? Comments much appreciated. Error processing request