By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net
IF you’re tired of using Twitter (because of the annoying downtime mainly), you might consider flocking to Plurk.
After discovering this on Mashable, I took the plunge and created a profile. A service almost like Twitter, Plurk looks, er, cuter. Its interface shows a timeline of messages posted by users. You can respond quickly to any user using a pulldown menu.
As in Gmail, you can see the threads of discussions among users. No need to put @(name of twitter friend) You just click on a friend, and send your message. It’s that easy. You can also send private messages, post cute emoticons (which one user suspects is similar to Yahoo! emoticons), and choose one of Plurk’s colorful verbs. By colorful verbs I mean literally verbs in different colors. The word “says” is in orange, “loves” in red, and so on.
I started plurking today, and I found a lot of people/friends starting to move to Plurk. So because I’ve gained more friends, I have earned some karma points. Yes, you earn more karma points by being an active user (completing your profile, adding friends, etc.). If you get more points, you’ll be given access to some special emoticons, among others. Let’s see how this new micro-blogging sensation will last when it becomes as popular as Twitter.
Plurk me.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Twitter is so spring 2008, its ALL ABOUT PLURK!
June 17th, 2008 at 11:00 am
I still use both service (using Twhirl for my Tweets) but I’m leaning more on Plurk because of its timeline style and organized conversation.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Interestingly, I Plurk by day and post on Twitter for my blog. It’s worked out beautifully. Plurk offers a widget for your blog as well, but somehow, I wasn’t crazy about readers getting my every thought in real time. Irrational, I know - log into Plurk and you get the same thing. But for me, Twitter works best for that communication.