{"id":1138,"date":"2008-07-07T15:29:44","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T05:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2008-07-07T15:29:44","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T05:29:44","slug":"on-microbloggingtwitter2blog-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/07\/on-microbloggingtwitter2blog-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"on microblogging\/twitter2blog etc…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Pollock<\/a> makes the observation that a microblogging (twitter or whatever) stream added to a regular blog doesn’t add much for the reader… I’ve been debating this myself ever since I installed the WordPress Plugin that does twitter integration.<\/p>\n

One motivation was “I don’t like everything being tied up in some proprietary system” and wanting a copy of my data somewhere. On the other hand, what I write into twitter isn’t exactly that-scottish-play and loosing it all would probably be a net gain for humanity.<\/p>\n

So… do I turn off the Twitter plugin? I’m erring on the side of “yes, turn it off”. Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew Pollock makes the observation that a microblogging (twitter or whatever) stream added to a regular blog doesn’t add much for the reader… I’ve been debating this myself ever since I installed the WordPress Plugin that does twitter integration. 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