I took the time and signed up for Twitter, after learning about it sometime in Autumn 2006. I’ll just say, MAL “microblogging” is not, even melative “reflections” are not (though pushing towards the lightweight implementation and availability). These lack the interfacing and simplicity, and that thing of time-saving. Truthfully, “Notepadding” is closer to microblogging, but it isn’t social.
Here is a presentation by Jyri Engestrom, and I ask where do anime blogs stand in this social currency market, because blogs are quite the slow and time-consuming bag. Mind you, this is not new stuff, but Jyri makes a good point about “value” and while the steam of the otakusphere is “the current, the hot, the seasonal”, a couple months later it just doesn’t matter (editorials rule the time! glad to see more of these in recent months!!).
So what we have are blogs that just don’t stand, are continually “hot” and updated, but it’s being done in a very tedious way. It’s gotta be the mobile ease, and probably my stimulation here is my lack of leisure computer-time in the past few weeks to realize that the mobile connection works even being away from “home” half the time (adventure always calls, usually nature).
Efficiency and effectiveness will find a way 
and I’ve found sitting on a computer looking at the RSS feeds just isn’t that effective, because eventually time explodes and I just won’t be on the computer very often.
Ryan A
btw: relevant film reflection, Cafe Lumiere, see it. [reflection]
lul. You are now being stalked. It actually surprises me how many anime bloggers have started using Twitter. I could honestly update mine more but eh…
lol, yea Twitter is pretty stalkerish. I think the reason it works for me is that I have unlimited msgs, so I can basically use only a cell and accomplish quite more than formulating bloggable content.
They are pretty independent though.
Sorry I haven’t been by your blog in a while, I just haven’t watched any of the season in the past couple weeks; haven’t been where the torrents DL >.> *dread* but… <34U anyway
I haven’t been visiting my blog either if that makes you feel any better.
Jeezus, lol. Well, no, that doesn’t really, but I am do the same thing.
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