Is that enough to make your head spin? Microblogging abounds…Networking is important but work needs to get done. So let’s take the pain out of this & get it into perspective because you can not be everywhere all the time!

Here’s a quick overview in case you’re wondering where to turn & what to do. I was going to blog about Plurk but then Identi.ca sprang up.

  • Create your username at each to avoid someone else doing it & causing havoc.
  • Find one friend & add their friends.
  • Explore them a bit & decide which format offers you the most. Here are my observations:
    • Friendfeed aggregates many social networks
      • it’s more passive for me
      • some like it because it allows threaded comments
      • there are rooms – I created one for Community Managers 
        • a good place to share links
        • If you’re the admin, you can add feeds just like your profile
    • Twitter – I used to go there for socializing but …
      • it’s downtime is causing people to complain
      • partial service is causing Summize to be important
    • Plurk – I’ve become a plurker
      • Here are some instructions if you’d like to get started
      • the threaded interaction makes it more like a chat room
      • some are using it more than Twitter but haven’t abandoned Twitter
      • it seems to be great for crowdsourcing
    • Identi-ca – a new open source that feels like Twitter
      • lacks many features like searching to find friends
      • I registered & am adding friends as they find me
      • My guess is that it will grow quickly since it’s open source

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What would you add to that? What is your favorite service & why?