People are often confused about what exactly Micro.blog is. Is it a Twitter clone? Is it a WordPress clone? Is it a Buffer clone? I like to think of it as a mashup of several things. This post from Alan Jacobs is another great perspective: the three paths of micro.blog.

Another great post. That's one of my favourite things about Micro.blog; there are a number of ways people explain it and they're all good.

@SimonWoods One I've used is, "A blogging platform with social media commenting/discussion"

Nicely done @ajay
… community, blog, journal .. all three for me … I even call my blog ‘A Public Journal’ … adding one more … hub … still not quite there for myself … but my aim is that everything out there I do … finds it’s way to my stream … and all the stream is syndicated to places out there.
// @simonwoods

@SimonWoods @patrickrhone great take on Micro.blog. I was attracted to this community for its ease of use, welcoming people, and the willingness to engage rather than just yell their point out.
