Definition of "microblogging" []

• Present participle of microblog. (verb)
• The practice of creating and publishing brief posts (140-200 characters) on a personal blog on a microblogging Web site. Example: a “tweet” on Twitter would be a microblog post. (noun)

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• "Typically when people hear the term microblogging, they think of Twitter, Tumblr, or the now defunct Pownce."
• "Twitter is often called microblogging, that is, short posts of maximum 140 characters."
• "And 'microblogging' is a newer one which I've seen more and more of."