Microblogs – Overview

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Microblogs are small pieces of digital content – whether text, pictures, links, or short videos – posted on the internet. Microblogs are blogs that are restricted to 140 characters per post. Social networking facilities allow microblog users to follow other people, to be followed by others, and to reply or to send messages directly to them. Once a microblog is posted, the message becomes instantaneously available on the main page or “sent” to other users who are “following” that user. Microblogs are optimized for social connections, allows for continued conversation outside the classroom walls, and provides an easy way to update students on course logistics.