DISQUS

Kat Rice · 1 year ago

I really like this piece (thank you also for the shoutout!). I especially like how you define Plurk as "blog where you don't have to look for subscribers". Its so true. And you have an immediate gauge on what is worthwhile and what is not: people respond to your post... or they don't. Personally, I love immediate gratification; that might be the be part about plurk.

Planning to do a follow-up article on Plurk in the next week or so.

Sean · 1 year ago

Hey Phil,

Awesome to see you all over these great social media tools! To answer your question I can't see plurk taking over twitter.

Twitter has hit critical mass there is no going back - just like there is no going back on myspace (unfortunately) this data via google should be interesting to you...

http://trends.google.com/websites?q=plurk.com%2...

Nice to see your using wp2.6 bleeding - very cool ;)

Dean · 1 year ago

Great post, great information have gone straight to plurk to check it out, sure you are not working for them?

Ühler · 1 year ago

I'm not too keyed up in the web 2.0 world, but when I first saw Plurk i thought it looked cool, but was just another start-up waiting to fail. Surprised to see its coming into its element.

Gemma · 1 year ago

I joined recently. Still trying to get my head round the 'karma' idea?

anderson · 1 year ago

Well Plurk seems to have it all and might really overtake twitter and Pownce but at the same time I have a feeling that Twitter has already got much more acceptance from the wide audiences making it difficult for Plurk to overtake it. Let's see what happens indeed! Fabulous information.

Andy Shaw · 1 year ago

I can't see Plurk overtaking Twitter, there's just not enough difference to make it happen. For anything to succeed you need that "killer app" thing that makes it stand out.

Besides I'm starting to notice an interesting trend: people who get hooked on the Twitters of this world start to neglect their blogs. Take you for example, only 2 blog posts in the last month isn't a lot for a blog. Are you lost in Plurk land?

Bull3t · 1 year ago

I haven't been blogging lately, but not because I am lost in Plurkland, I am lost in the blogosphere. I can't seem to find anything interesting to blog about and when I do I can't seem to write a long enough post to make it worth while.

So it is more the opposite: people who are lost for imagination/concentration on their own blogs, turn to Twitter-like applications in order to carry on blogging/tweeting the ideas that they couldn't expand into a long blog post.

CabeOrangeSoda · 1 year ago

I just don't see myself using any of these services. I cannot devote that much time to those things. Maybe someday if it seems imperative. But otherwise I would just say I am not gonna worry about it.

eporia · 1 year ago

Plurk is cool it its own way, but can't see it taking over Pownce and Twitter.

TigerTom · 1 year ago

"Plurk to over take Pownce and Twitter?"

Heh, heh, if you'd said that to someone twenty years ago they'd have thought you had Tourettes, or something.

Loky · 1 year ago

Good review... This tempt me to try this Plurk although i dont really think he can take over Pownce and Twitter...