In the theory of limited time and resources, if people do more of one thing then they do less of something else. So if Twitter is growing, what is losing out? Are Twitter, WordPress, Facebook, LinkedIn, Yammer, etc. competitors, or do they complement each other? I have accounts on all these services, and for me they complement each other nicely:
You’ll note a big theme here is the cross-posting between the channels. So while it might seem like a lot to monitor at first, TweetDesk and email keep me notified and connected pretty easily.
And what suffers? In my household the television is rarely on. And in recent months my email volume has dropped significantly — at least for real communication (not counting spam.) And I don’t play phone tag very much.
Mullenweg Speaks Out on Twitter, WordPress and the Question of Competition
After recent comScore data showed Twitter stats leveling off as WordPress traffic continued to grow, some bloggers framed the results as an either/or proposition; if one platforms wins, the other loses. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has weighed in on the subject, stating that the interaction between microblogging and what he’s calling “megablogging” is hardly a zero-sum game. “It’s not really a ‘versus,’ it’s an ‘and’,” he wrote.
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