Microblogging? What?! And more importantly, why?

I'm writing this blog article risking being thought of as "old school". Anyhow, here's what I think about the latest rage, Microblogging. Microblogging is essentially blogging, but just with a limited number of characters. You just update your "status", essentially telling your followers what are you up to right now, what are you doing, etc. You can also post a question, ask for opinions, etc. The advent of our smart phones made microblogging a huge crazy rage.

Now, my issue with microblogging is that we might risk the art of writing once and for all. As it is right now, handwriting is something that most of us do not do on a daily basis (When was the last time you wrote a letter.. I mean on a paper, with a pen?). Apart from my research papers, my blog is my only place where I write once in a while. I'm afraid this microblogging thingey will take us farther apart from our writing abilities. Now, I'm in no way recommending to write on paper. However, electronic writing is something that I grew fond of and it should not be replaced anytime soon :) While microblogging is wonderfully sweet and extremely userful, I think it should not replace blogging.