Microblogging/What is a microblog

Overview
Microblogging is a form of digital messaging using a combination of web and mobile technologies for broadcasting short messages restricted to 140 characters. Microblogging can be fun and is surprisingly easy.

In addition to short text messages, microbloggers can share website links and links to photographs and video. The technology provides useful ways to respond to microposts from other microbloggers as well as features to associate and search for microposts on specific topics of interest using hashtags. Microblogging also facilitates community-building because users can follow the posts of other microbloggers with similar interests.

There are a number of ways in which you can post to a microblog service:


 * Via the web using the homepage of the service provider, for example Twitter. You will need an Internet connection.
 * Third party "dashboard services" that enable you to post to multiple websites and aggregate feeds from various sources in one place like Tweetdeck or Hootsuite. You will need an internet connection.
 * Smartphone and tablet applications which connect to microblog service providers. You can use an Internet connection (wifi) or alternative data connection technologies (charges may apply for data usage).
 * Mobile phone text messaging, check your service provider and preference settings from your microblog service. Remember, charges may apply for using text messages. This does not require an Internet connection.