eChirpy.com - Somewhere Between Twitter & Wordpress

eChirpy lets you create 500 character miniBlogs using your personal email, show only your most recent 5 miniBlogs, and automatically tweet them out to your followers.

That is, your e-mails will be turned into miniBlog entries on your eChirpy profile as well as on the tab tagged pages. The subject line of your e-mail will be sent out as a tweet to your Twitter account, along with a URL link that will bring your followers back to read the 500 character miniBlog in its entirety. On the site you can likewise add attachment. That comes as no surprise, really. Even Twitter has just added the ability to tweet photos by default.

These chirps can be located manually in one of five available categories. These include “Business”, “News”, “Careers”, “Just for Fun” and “Sports & Entertainment”.

You know, a solution like this can actually appeal to a sizable amount of people. Many find that 140 characters are never enough to express themselves, whereas a full blog posting is too much for them. This site will hence be a very interesting alternative that slides nicely in the middle.

“A SEARCHABLE miniBlog site, eChirpy is your companion to social media forums. If you want more than 140 characters, have a mini-posting, have a job or offer to shout out, or just don't want a full blog, eChirpy is for you!”

Those who are not entirely convinced with either Twitter or blogging itself are bound to find tools like this one appealing.

Is this service wholly free, or do you have to pay in order to unlock certain features?