As well as these social effects, microblogging has had a big impact on another aspect of the Internet-blogging. Unlike traditional blogging services, which are "expected" to be strewn with images and long screeds-Twitter and Plurk posts are restricted to 140 characters in English (70 in Chinese), making them more like community bulletin boards.
「年輕時就是會犯錯、就是會做傻事… …，但你在 Facebook 上犯的錯，日後可能回頭找你麻煩… …；這是一個『YouTube』時代，不論你做什麼，這些訊息都會在人生中的某些時刻再度被提起。」