[lijogdfljk]

I don't "need" one, but i appreciate their ability for community. Ie i'm in the mood for a semi-niche Computer Graphics community. There's something about Microblogging that i find.. interesting. Something like a Forum, say Reddit or an actual Forum is so.. purposeful. Does my WIP post warrant an actual forum post? Likely not. Something about Microblogging seems more fit for WIP posts of artwork/etc, tech thoughts, etc. Likewise i enjoy subscribing to other peoples content in the same nature.

The barrier for forums seems to be large enough that the posts that get submitted are often finished works only.. at least in my experience. To me that's less interesting.

[aliqot]

You need one, but the word 'need' is too strong. If that's the case what other word would you use?

[lijogdfljk]

Not sure i follow. I said i didn't need one because, well, i don't believe i do. Good evidence of this is that i have not, and do not currently, have one. Nor have i ever used Twitter, Facebook or any social platform beyond link aggregators. And even with link aggregators i've rotated accounts and/or deleted history frequently as a way to undermine "identity", which to me is vital to social networks.

With that said, lately i've been in the process for searching for one because of the reasons i stated above. I'm looking for a like-minded community on Art stuffs. A forum will do, but microblogging seems to be more inlined with my desired, as i described above.

I guess to reword my previous post; "social networks" can have different applications in my view. In the case of microblogging, i like the idea more as a Forum flipped on it's head to reduce friction on content posting.