Don’t tweet but plurk me

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.