Status update services: state of the phenomena

Status update services like Twitter and Pownce seem to be the latest fad. They allow us to connect with like-minded people, follow what they are doing and share our own daily happenings. And each update must be 140 characters or less! Now that’s a digestible update and it certainly can fit into our schedule. I foresee hundreds of applications for such status update services in the future.

The status update phenomena has encouraged services like ping.fm and others to creep into the mainstream. Personally, I love ping.fm because it allows me to update my social networking services all at once.

Traffic to status update websites are still insubstantial compared to the likes of social networking spaces like facebook or technorati. But people are generally too busy and, well, lazy to spend time with complex, unusable websites like the facebooks. Twitter and Pownce are relatively simple and quick to enter and leave.

So, I believe the “social status update” fad will become mainsteam. It reflects human nature. Just like the freedom of press of the Internet: social status service is here to stay.

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Some cool articles on this topic:

http://shegeeks.net/why-twitter-has-failed-the-power-of-time-and-mainstream/

http://conniebensen.com/blog/2008/09/26/twitter-101/