Social media as alternatives for live blogging

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Perhaps it's a sign that we have to give up our nostalgic attachment to live-blogging, but technical difficulties and a totally broken live-blog have sent Stephen and me back to Twitter, where we — at @nprmonkeysee and @idislikestephen — will be tweeting at the hashtag #NPRGrammys. Thanks for your patience.

Reference: Live-Blogging The Grammy Awards.
This is the beauty of live blogging:  If your platform breaks down, there are alternatives at your disposal.  The line between blogs and social media certainly blurs, when we think of Twitter as a micro-blogger.  But Facebook and Google+ are just as fine as alternatives, for example, using a page and community.