Liveblogging, is it the new place to be?
In the world of blogging, there are many specific types such as regular old blogging, microblogging and liveblogging. Why do they keep adding more? The rise of Twitter has sparked many people to update other users on the status of their lives at any moment they choose, but limit that to 140 characters please. Liveblogging is similar to tweeting and even can allow you to tweet what you are liveblogging through Twitter, but you can write as much as you please, even if it goes over the magic 140-character number. It’s geared more toward professionals and businesses who are looking to update others on a conference or event that they are attending. Twitter is more of an overall life update/highlight where liveblogging would be more akin to making a real-time synopsis of events or speeches going on.
This idea benefits the average blogger because as with microblogging, they can have information on things as soon as it is mentioned, no time for revisions or research. I would imagine that those on Twitter will probably stick with it and businesses who are looking to get away from the typical “my cat is staring at me” updates will flock to liveblogging more on different sites. I think that it could be a good form of news to those who want to know the path of a story, not just the end result. We’ll have to wait and see how this takes off though, and it won’t be surprising if Twitter continues to lead the way.
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