Comments on: Is Plurk an Alternative to Twitter?

By: Mari Smith

Mari Smith — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:11:34 +0000

I plurked around yesterday for a good 45 minutes. Though a neat concept and platform design, the timeline aspect doesn’t work as well for my brain… it’s too disjointed to see quickly at-a-glance what’s going on. I like scanning my vertical Twitter feed.

Plus, I didn’t see too many high level conversations going on… yet. It seems mostly a slew of global early adopters (heavy on the teens/twentysomethings) chitchatting about… um, er nothing much.

We’ll see, but I imagine Plurk could reach the tipping point with a certain demographic sooner than later because of the many cool features. I just doubt I’ll be there … much.

By: Mari Smith

Mari Smith — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:11:34 +0000

I plurked around yesterday for a good 45 minutes. Though a neat concept and platform design, the timeline aspect doesn't work as well for my brain… it's too disjointed to see quickly at-a-glance what's going on. I like scanning my vertical Twitter feed.

Plus, I didn't see too many high level conversations going on… yet. It seems mostly a slew of global early adopters (heavy on the teens/twentysomethings) chitchatting about… um, er nothing much.

We'll see, but I imagine Plurk could reach the tipping point with a certain demographic sooner than later because of the many cool features. I just doubt I'll be there … much.

By: Katy Castro

Katy Castro — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:09:08 +0000

Yeah, I have to agree that I as well am on microblogging overload and the increasing need to do it as well as lifestream is becoming more of a time killer than something positive.

I also agree with chayaldora though that Plurk feels like a big chat room.

While I’m undecided about my use on Plurk, for the moment it seems to be interesting. I’ll follow the trend as it happens and either pick up use or drop it to go back to Twitter.

By: Katy Castro

Katy Castro — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:09:08 +0000

Yeah, I have to agree that I as well am on microblogging overload and the increasing need to do it as well as lifestream is becoming more of a time killer than something positive.

I also agree with chayaldora though that Plurk feels like a big chat room.

While I'm undecided about my use on Plurk, for the moment it seems to be interesting. I'll follow the trend as it happens and either pick up use or drop it to go back to Twitter.

By: Nick O'Neill

Nick O'Neill — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:19:09 +0000

@Francine, totally agree .. I’m on microblogging overload as well!

By: Francine hardaway

Francine hardaway — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:13:25 +0000

naaaah, I don’t care about Plurk. It’s cute, but Twitter is functional. For sending photos and videos, there’s Pownce. I’m on microblogging overload

By: Francine hardaway

Francine hardaway — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:13:25 +0000

naaaah, I don't care about Plurk. It's cute, but Twitter is functional. For sending photos and videos, there's Pownce. I'm on microblogging overload

By: chasyaldora

chasyaldora — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:09:05 +0000

i like it. i use twitter primarily because it’s mobile and as a mother of a 6 mo. old, so am i. but plurk is fun to sit down to for a while. if *feels* more like a giant chat room to me than a micro-blogging site but i have a feeling they’re working on some changes that will add simplicity and hopefully even mobile functionality.

for now, i would consider myself an early adopter — i jumped on the plurk bandwagon because i’m sick of waiting for a jaiku invite. we’ll see where it all goes. and maybe i’ll fall off the bandwagon before long. after all, i don’t have a lot of time for sitting at my pc. i even BLOG from my phone. :p

By: chasyaldora

chasyaldora — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:09:05 +0000

i like it. i use twitter primarily because it's mobile and as a mother of a 6 mo. old, so am i. but plurk is fun to sit down to for a while. if *feels* more like a giant chat room to me than a micro-blogging site but i have a feeling they're working on some changes that will add simplicity and hopefully even mobile functionality.

for now, i would consider myself an early adopter — i jumped on the plurk bandwagon because i'm sick of waiting for a jaiku invite. we'll see where it all goes. and maybe i'll fall off the bandwagon before long. after all, i don't have a lot of time for sitting at my pc. i even BLOG from my phone. :p

By: Alfonso Jimenez

Alfonso Jimenez — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:31:54 +0000

Yeah, I think Plurk is a good alternative to Twitter

By: Alfonso Jimenez

Alfonso Jimenez — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:31:54 +0000

Yeah, I think Plurk is a good alternative to Twitter

By: Nicholas Tolson

Nicholas Tolson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:22:12 +0000

The interface is definitely hip, and the timeline functionality is cool (something that could be added to Twitter or done via its API), but there just might be too much going on. And with all the dropdowns and options, it takes too much thinking to post.

The Karma points are interesting, but ultimately I don’t really care about that kind of thing when it comes to a communication medium.

I like that people are innovating and I appreciate much of what Plurk is doing, but in the end, the whole point of micro-blogging/micro-communication is that it’s quick, simple, easy. Plurk just feels a bit bloated to me.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:06:23 +0000

Nick~ You’re not the only one who has spent an absurd amount of time on Plurk. I had so much fun last night on Plurk that I didn’t go to bed till midnight and I am wayyyyy to old for that! I am really leaning toward liking Plurk more than Twitter for the fact that it has the emoticons, video, pics and most of all….cliques that I can group my friends into. Fabulous! Again, I find myself asking…..”why didn’t I think of this?”