It was amazing for awhile, now its beginning to become a drag. Too much to keep up with, and clearly harder to work with a time line rather than a linear messaging system like Twitter or Pownce.
Troy
· 1 year ago
Yeah it is an ok site and I still am going to use it but I still love Twitter.
Chris Luckhardt
· 1 year ago
For me, Plurk = meh. I signed up for it and gave it a try, but nothing about Plurk blew me away.
There's always room for competition, but now that Twitter weathered the WWDC storm, I think they'll remain the defacto web app of its kind. Between Twitter and Pownce, I don't really feel I need another social networking site to be a part of.
Jorge
· 1 year ago
I went to Plurk after i read a blog on it. Somehow i agree with the comments i've read before about the timeline feature. It really takes time to get used to it. And after quite some time i really prefer to stick to twitter, but as i said before: Plurk is one thing iJustine should add to her things to do when twitter is down. I will still give it a chance to see how it evolves, but for now ill just keep up with twitter and check my plurk account less often.
Valerie
· 1 year ago
I like Plurk but it's a frantic experience. I think it's fun when you're not really doing anything and just want to waste some time. LOL! Or if you know your friends are going to be online, it's a good way to just chat in a group.
The karma thing keeps drawing me in though. I want more karma. But I don't know why. :)
Analysis489
· 1 year ago
I'd have to agree... I just don't see the extra functionality [or lack thereof] as an incentive to jump ships from any of the other hundreds of micro-blogging, link-dropping sites I'm already into. But alas, I have indeed fallen victim to SocialThing already... when will it end?!
John H Maloney
· 1 year ago
For me, the time line and modifiers aren't enough of a reason to switch. Although, once they have a desktop app, I might be a bit more inclined to play with it.
Mattie
· 1 year ago
I actually just wrote a blog about Plurk, too. It seems to be very much in vogue right now, but I don't think that will last terribly wrong. The timeline is too difficult to really follow and it relies so much on flashy colors and gimmicks, I think that power users will give up on it. I believe Plurk will retain its own core group of users who will continue on with the service once it drops out of vogue, but I don't think it is sounding a dirge for Twitter.
Pulkit
· 1 year ago
Neha, I think plurk is just a bit too influenced by twitter. The home page tells me nothing about the website. And the site itself doesn't look cute.. thumbs down !
Andrew Mager
· 1 year ago
I fucking love Plurk.
Andrew Littler
· 1 year ago
You know what I dont get about all this? Why not just post in all the micro-blogging sites? I use Ping.fm to post through my MSN, and it goes to my Twitter/ Jaiku/ Pownce/ tumblr/ Plurk/ FB/ MySpace at once
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There's always room for competition, but now that Twitter weathered the WWDC storm, I think they'll remain the defacto web app of its kind. Between Twitter and Pownce, I don't really feel I need another social networking site to be a part of.
The karma thing keeps drawing me in though. I want more karma. But I don't know why. :)
Jaiku/ Pownce/ tumblr/ Plurk/ FB/ MySpace at once
why the hate?!