A type of
blog that lets users publish short text updates. Bloggers can usually
use a number of service for the updates including instant messaging, e-mail, or
Twitter. The posts are called
microposts,
while the act of using these services to update your blog is called
microblogging.
Social networking
sites, like
Facebook, also use a microblogging
feature in profiles. On Facebook this is called "Status Updates".
See "The
History of Blogging" in the
Quick Reference section of Webopedia.
Also see "Technology
Terms to Know for 2009" in the
Did You Know...?
section of Webopedia.
