Short Communication is Better?

You may or may not have noticed, but the Internet has made communication much more brief and that is probably one of the most important phenomenons that has occurred over the past year . Of course, it's is only logical due to content overload and part of a natural evolution of the web - But is this really beneficial to us as web users and content producers?

My first impression is yes - this must be a good thing. When you have shorter posts, (most of them in the context of status), you have less to read, which in turn allows you the ability to consume even more content. So you're not really saving time here, but the bonus is that now you can be exposed to more content at a faster rate.

At first, when people were saying they blog less because of services such as: Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed etc., I didn't agree. But now I know for sure that it's true. We're so accustomed to sending short messages through those services, that it feels weird to begin a blog post just to say: "check out this great service". Moreover, if you have a breaking news, it's much faster to send a tweet or update your status somewhere than it is to write a whole post.

But here's what I think is wrong with this kind of fast and short communication. Maybe it's superficial mode of communication...?
The focus is missing. We're getting excited about a new piece of news, or a new service and then quickly moving on to the next new thing. Eventually, the amount of publicity that something get is much less than before. And, here's another important issue: When you write something valuable and get referenced to/credit for it on a blog or a news site, it is very different than when someone Retweets your tweets. Retweets are not credits. Most of the time, people will Retweet without even look at the attached link.

So what's my point?

Clearly, a whole new and more open source of communication is now available to everyone and that is wonderful, of course. Being able to freely network and be visible to anyone you want just by replying to his/her tweet can lead to great friendships and business opportunities and is highly entertaining.

However, from a blogger's point of view, I really need to start focusing on my blog again, because here I can 'talk' as much as I want and go in-depth about new tools and services I find and like. Even more so, if someone posts about something I posted at my own blog, at least I'll get the credit I deserve too.

Because frankly, no one gives you credit under your Twitter status URL and when you the first to find reveal/discover/broadcast it credit should be given where it is due.