Got something to say? Facebook certainly hopes so. Social Media Delivered reports that Facebook has expanded it's character count for status and wall posts to 63,206 characters. According to the report, that's the equivalent to 451.47 tweets.
Media Delivered opines that the update is intended to address new competition Google+ which allows up to 100,000 characters according to online tests. But it seems that perhaps both networks are also attempting to permeate the blog/microblog market. If you can tell your story on Facebook, why maintain a blog? Another benefit for Facebook and Google+ is that allowing more space for content will diminish the need to click links that lead to other sites, keeping users on their sites longer.
In the information age, we all seem to have something to say, and there is no shortage of places to say it. Blogs, microblogs, and social media are fertile ground for our surge of loquaciousness. Now it seems the fight is on for where we share those words.