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TechTidBit: Streem

Streem is the new microblogging site on the block. With some features of the popular Twitter, it’s more like a socially-connected Tumblr, or Tumblog.

The idea behind Tumblr is the “micro-blog”, little snippets of things you come accross in life or the internet. Whether it be a quote, a link, an audio file or a full blown blog post you feel like writing, you’ll see a microblog can be also expressed as a “life stream”. So although the traditional life streams are nice, it’s difficult to share and collaborate with your friends. This is why Twitter has been so popular, allowing you to follow people as they post small 140-char messages about their life as it happens, from the internet or mobile phone.

Thats where Streem comes in. By making use of “tags” and the social network idea of the Facebook’s and Bebo’s of this virtual world, they can very easily find interesting content from your friends with what you like. Although the site is simple, not to mention colourful, the idea is definitely solid and it’ll be interesting to see where this goes! Of course, social networks are useless without people and it’s useless to a person if their friends don’t come to the party, but Streem is definitely something to keep an eye on.