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Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Unknown — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:22:03 -0000

Ohh, twitter is better thank Plurk. Plurk is boring! - It's iritating me!! Fck Plurk.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

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Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

elmo — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:14:09 -0000

plurk.. love it! :)

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

mss @ Zanthan Gardens — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:53:20 -0000

A lot of my Twitter pals have gone over to Plurk. They like the threaded conversations. I'd prefer to use IM for that.

Apparently, it's all about what you want from the tool. Some people like cutesy and lots of emoticons and a heavy emphasis with on the social in social networking.

I prefer the log file format of Twitter precisely because I use it as a repository of little notes. I like seeing what my friends are up to but I don't want to be drawn into a lot of long conversations with them. In fact, I signed up for Twitter because I wanted to know at a glance what my friends were up to without having to interrupt them (or be interrupted by them) with IM, email, or a phone call.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Cee Bee — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:25:03 -0000

i (used to) like twitter, but i can't seem to get into plurk. seems more of a folly than something useful, but then again perhaps i'm missing the point?

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

jeslange — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:58:38 -0000

well, i guess you didn't like it since you haven't been back since 6/7

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

DustyDog — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:17:15 -0000

Who are the big names?

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Descartes — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:22:39 -0000

I've never used Twitter and just found Plurk a day or two ago. It is an odd little place that seems to serve no real purpose-but I keep finding myself checking back to see what new random nonsense has showed up.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

William Shakespeare — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:46:51 -0000

Plurk? Most fruitfully: i am there.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Bloggeries — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:08:02 -0000

Plurk was launched beginning of May. Just wait until everyone hears about it. Definitely worth it; a better system is a better system which eventually brings even the most skeptical.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Wallen — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:38:57 -0000

Why oh why can't somebody just use the Twitter API to display tweets on a timeline.... another service is not needed just to prove a visual interface

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Roger — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:58:30 -0000

I'm on the fence. The point here is why people will choose to use either service, or both of them. My guess is that Plurk users will have different needs, thoughts, and ideas about what they want from the service, compared with what Twitter users want from Twitter. So the two will evolve and build their communities. It'll be interesting to see the degree of overlap.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Billpowell — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:24:37 -0000

I like it a whole lot better, and while it is probably the same thing as twitter, I just didn't get twitter. This I get, I love the time lines comments are easy to make and I have enjoyed what I have seen.

The question isn't does it have enough beef for the "Power users" but can it make guys like me who didn't really get twitter want to use it. Oh yeah and Can it stay online for a week without crashing.

http://plurk.com/redeemByUR...

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Peter Smith — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:38:42 -0000

Mark: "Does anyone really have time to use these things?" Well, you took the time to read and post here... it's all about what you choose to do online.

Eric: "the users turned [Twitter] into what it wasn't supposed to be" ... dang those pesky users, eh? Always doing whatever they want, never following instructions or reading the manual... It doesn't make sense to my mind to say how Twitter (or any social app) is supposed to be used. It will get used however the users choose. They'll push and they'll prod to find what it's best for, find what it's limits are. Twitter's challenge now is to recognize how the service is being used and adapt appropriately.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Rika — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:18:54 -0000

Twitter users are in fact swarming over...Kind of overwhelming really.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

GreasyGuide — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:49:12 -0000

http://www.plurk.com/user/g...

Hey I have no friends to Plurk. So add me so I can see how this works. It's not bad but it's no Twitter by a long shot.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Nora Rubinoff — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:42:55 -0000

Yes, it looks intriguing. But.....I could not successfully use their "find your friends and add them to Plurk" via entering Gmail or AIM credentials. And there was something buggy about the profile area too -- I'd add information, click "save" and it would be gone. I want to try Plurk, but it's not being too friendly with my Mac and Firefox.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Eric Rice — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:32:50 -0000

Mark: Replace the the phrase 'social networking' with 'social life' and it all makes sense.

Some of us don't actually have time for a social life for the very reasons you state. And some of us don't *want* to.

Your point is very valid.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Eric Rice — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:29:01 -0000

Yeah that was always hilarious to me that a *FEATURE* from another app became an app on its own. In fact, it's hilarious (and irritating) to see the status bars on Facebook get spammed by people who post their twitter statuses there. Like good grief, control yourselves.

Twitter is having problems because we the users turned it into what it wasn't supposed to be: a chat room, instead of that quirky little 140 character update(trust me, you can get around that limit, just post over and over).

Twitter is a bit retarded in functionality, but in the social space, it ain't about function. It's about social. It's the trendy hot spot where you go to be seen (well myspace/facebook-- oh nm, it's a losing argument), it's a trendy hot spot for the early web/tech adopters go to be seen. The iPod isn't the best -featured- mp3 player, it just has the sexiness and the social power to command the world domination (for now).

Plurk is fun, shiny, and prolly will stick if the big names show up.

How fickle we humans are. ;)

(Sorry for the huge-ish comment, doh!)

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Mark Steven — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:39:22 -0000

Does anyone really have time to use these things?

Between running a business and getting the kids to and from nursery, fed, etc, there isn't time for social networking.

Are all Twitter / Plurk users unemployed / students, or corporate employees who are avoiding work?

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

WayneSutton — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:32:59 -0000

I disagree with most of the negative comments about plurk, plus we have to remember that plurk is at phase one/early beta. More features and usability issues will be fixed as more users join the network and start providing feedback.

I'm http://www.plurk.com/user/w... on plurk.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Renaud — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:20:31 -0000

Remember that many people never go to Twitter.com and are still Twitters. I haven't been to the site in months. I use Twitterific on the Mac and Twinkle on my iPhone. Twitters success is in it's open API and the ability to stay connected to Twitter in a way that you like: IM, SMS, web app, desktop app, mobile app, etc. Plurk has almost none of this... yet.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

kgjames — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:10:25 -0000

I agree. Plurk is more interesting than Twitter, but is that going to be enough to make it a relevant & competitive service? Guess w/all of Twitter's outages, anything is possible.

Just need plurk to integrate with FriendFeed, and I'll be set.

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

Stuey — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:59:33 -0000

*Grumble, grumble* Is there anyway to filter out these Twitter type stories? ;) :) :P

Re: I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?

davidjacobs — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:21:44 -0000

I don't like Plurk. Just another pretty face and not all that pretty really. I'll take functionality over style any day.