October 11th, 2008 
NeoBluePanther I am sure by now most bloggers are not only aware of what Twitter is, but are also using it to the utmost. I have been a member of twitter for quite some time now, but for some reason I had been very sceptic about the site; to some extent, I still am.
I have no doubt that sites like twitter are very good for social networking and for staying in touch with friends. But, at the same time, one must be careful when one uses these sites. The main thing to remember is that these are a means to an end, and not an end in themselves.
As a blogger, one can often fall in the trap of believing that if one is a successful social networker, one will automatically become a successful blogger. In this belief, the blogger will spend more time and effort in social networking and less time on actually blogging. And when he doesn’t get the desired result, he is disappointed.
This is one of the reasons I have been staying away from social networking sites for the past some time. But, recently I decided to check out Twitter once again, and I liked it because it is a no frill site, and hence it does not take up a lot of time. So, I decided to try and use Twitter for a few days, and see how it goes.
If you want, you can follow me on Twitter! (I have also added the “What are you doing” widget to the sidebar)
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