Postcards vs. Tweets
Feb. 29th, 2012 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maverick_weirdoAs part of the Month of Letters I have mailed and written 37 postcards in the month of February. I have seen it said multiple places that if a letter is an old school e-mail, then a postcard is a tweet. I'll admit that there are similarities.
Tweets are short messages of 140 characters
My postcards messages ranged in length from 75 characters to 220 (with an average of 130 characters). So while most messages would fit a single tweet not all would. In addition writing gave me a flexibility of font and spacing that is rarely available online.
This doesn't include, the image on the back of the postcard, the stamps used, stickers attached, address sending, address receiving, date, or signature.
Admittedly tweets often include links & hashtags which can add images or information to the message.
I did find that there was space on the postcard to include website addresses, which is not as interactive as a link, but it still gets the job done.
The major benefit of tweets is that they are real-time communication where a single message reaches multiple people.
The major benefit of postcards is that it is a physical object sent to a single address.
Tweets are short messages of 140 characters
My postcards messages ranged in length from 75 characters to 220 (with an average of 130 characters). So while most messages would fit a single tweet not all would. In addition writing gave me a flexibility of font and spacing that is rarely available online.
This doesn't include, the image on the back of the postcard, the stamps used, stickers attached, address sending, address receiving, date, or signature.
Admittedly tweets often include links & hashtags which can add images or information to the message.
I did find that there was space on the postcard to include website addresses, which is not as interactive as a link, but it still gets the job done.
The major benefit of tweets is that they are real-time communication where a single message reaches multiple people.
The major benefit of postcards is that it is a physical object sent to a single address.
