Blogging vs. Microblogging

To me, microblogging has more freedom than blogging. I've done both and they are very different, but similar.
One microblogging site that I frequent everyday is Tumblr. Microblogging doesn't really require any thought at all. For example, you can simply post a picture or a quote or reblog a post without any thought. Tumblr is more of a collage of ideas and pictures for me, since that is what I post on a regular basis. You're going to have your Tumblrs that pertain to a specific topic, but basically you can do whatever you want and no one really cares, except your followers to an extent.
Blogging on the other hand, requires a little more thought. I think from my blogging experience, I put a lot of thought into my blog because I wanted people to read and like what I had to say, so I put more effort into it. I would edit a lot of my posts to either add more or change some of my words around. For my Tumblr, I really don't put that much effort other than my theme layout. Everything else that I post, I could really care less. For blogging, it seems like you have to care more and put thought into your words. Either way, you still want people to see your blog at the end of the day.

Microblogging is different from social networks because there is less socializing on microblogs to an extent. On microblogs, you have followers but it's not as personal as Facebook. Plus, I believe that Twitter posts can be seen by anyone unless you protect your tweets. Another difference is that on microblogs, information travels faster than Facebook ever could. It's a little hectic because sometimes when I'm on Tumblr, people will purposely post things just to either gain more views or just to troll the heck out of everyone. It's hard to decide what is facts and what is fiction when it comes to microblogs.

I have used Twitter before, but I don't use it that often. The first time that I made a Twitter account, it was in my COM 303 class. We had to make a Twitter account and then we had to find some newspapers that had Twitters and write a summary about the things that they posted on there. We also had certain beats, or topics, that we had to cover for the whole semester. My beat was the alumni association at Buffalo State. For another assignment, I had to follow at least five people who were associated with the alumni association, and find a couple of events that they were planning throughout the semester to help me with some story ideas. We only used Twitter for a couple weeks and then we never went back to it.
I sometimes use that Twitter account for international fan voting for Mnet Countdown (where all my beloved K-pop stars perform) and to follow celebrities that I like. I rarely go on it, but when I do I use it for those purposes.