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Plurk Adds Real-Time Search. Doesn’t Mention Twitter. - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
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zʍıɔ, Demetrios the Traveller, M F and 26 other people liked this
"Plurk, a micro-messaging service similar to Twitter, today added a nice new feature: Real-time conversation search. As you might expect, it allows you to search Plurk’s growing index of data to find out what people are saying about a topic right now. In its post on the matter, Plurk goes into how it thinks this is the next phase of search beyond the traditional search engines, and how social search could revolutionize things. Of course, it fails to mention its number one competitor in the field: Twitter."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
Finally. Now if they would junk karma and get an API out there, we'd be all set.
- Criz
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
They still haven't. I've lost hope for this service :(
- RK
Plurk hasn't done anything new for ages. :-( Good service but looking old and out of date a bit.
- Kol Tregaskes
Missing a word there, Kol?
- Andy Bakun
Corrected, Andy, ta. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I still don't think "real time search" makes any sense. By the time you know what to search for, it's not real-time anymore. Even trending-topics are bogus because of the hump of irrelevance ( http://www.flickr.com/photos... ) Give me saved-searches anytime.
- Andy Bakun
And the Karma system. Dreadful.
- RK
Filters would've been great too and a rePlurk button. I want to leave the service but most of my friends are there :( They really should've released an API back then.
- RK
I use Plurk only to let my friends there know some interesting tidbits of my mind... never visited the site, though. Always used http://ping.fm to blast updates to Plurk.
- Pandu ● IT Optimizer
OMG! Its alive XD
- Francisco Espinoza
from BuddyFeed
Amix just blocked me from his feeds for expressing dissenting opinion. :(
- RK
I thought Plurk is about the conversation? Wouldn't Twitter be better suited for that kind of stuff?
- RK
Twitter, better suited for conversation? I'm hope you're joking, kismet? ;-) Twitter is one of the worse for conversation. Even Plurk does a better job than Twitter.
- Kol Tregaskes
I feel twitters days are numbered if they don't get bought out. They should have not been so greedy. Founders tend to over value their companies. Twitter need more capital or suffer a long and painful death.
- Captain Jack
Plurk requires literally too much manual labor for me to use it. Always clicking. Fail in my book
- cheapsuits
from iPhone
Kol, twas a reply to Pandu's comment. He said he uses Plurk to broadcast his thoughts. Something which I think Twitter is better suited for.
- RK
Is there any way to get a feed with all the activity you're controlling through your timeline? I mean friends' new plurks and comments on existing plurks.
Kol Tregaskes liked this
Can we please ask sites like Friendfeed to format our plurks properly? I guess it's probably due to a lack of API, but I do want more people to see how cute Plurk is with its embedded photos/videos and linked text. :(
J. Abdul-Qahhar, Arron Washington and Rodrigo liked this
And it would be quite useful if each plurk were linked to its page...
- Rodrigo
all plurk have a static page and link dont they?
- Mich D.
I mean on its FF update
- Rodrigo
sry m8, was watching with mini live feed, clipped part of message, your right would be much smoother that way
- Mich D.
Plurks on FF still suck. They get cut off when you post URLs and the updates therefore don't make sense. Fix this please.
- Sophia Lucero
Blame the A-Team. They don't want others to build apps for Plurk, Developers are hesitant to develop for Plurk as any changes could potentially break their programs.
- RK
6 Reasons Why Plurk Beats Twitter | MakeUseOf.com - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag...
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Tina K.J, 同道行动支援中心, SiskaceskaB-InKLady© and 35 other people liked this
"Plurk is a microblogging platform. Compared to Twitter it’s similar but different. Most of all Plurk doesn’t cease to introduce innovations. And that’s what this post is about: differences and new features."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
I love Plurk, anyone use it here? I'm herehttp://www.plurk.com/koltreg.... Feel free to add me. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
just signed up today, in fact..I'll add you when I get back on it later today :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Cool, thanks, Rob. :-) Don't expect anything different than my tweets though. But I check for replies and reply back most days. I would use it more if everyone else used it. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I had a plurk account a while back. liked it better than twitter but after the novelty wore off, people went back to using twitter and i was left alone. :) a service is no fun if your contacts aren't also using it.
- ♥patricia♥
I call for mass defection from twitter to plurk & identi.ca ;)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
i try plurk now and then, love the features, but connected to noone - look me up on plurk and identica!
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I will find you there later today Joelle. :) (both..I'm guruvan everywhere...easy to find)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
That's Plurk's problem is that no-one really uses it. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
the only thing i like is the time line. twitter doesnt have that
- Alfredo
I'm jazzed to try it out. I've been meaning to for a while, and finally signed up. Soon as I finish the day's work I'll play with it
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I love plurk--used it like crazy for awhile, there, and then just . . .stopped. Game to give it a whirl again if others are. Have to start all over with the karma, though. I'm at http://www.plurk.com/kafkaz
- Kathy Fitch
is there a Plurk room here? Maybe we should have one, and everyone post their plurk URLs ?
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Plurk is like Myspace. DO NOT WANT!
- Mona Nomura
How like myspace? (I have not played yet...I gotta try it at least...but I'd love to hear your opinion Mona
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Mona, Josh, why?
- Kol Tregaskes
Just look at it! There's stuff blinking and flashing all over the place and the timeline is BACKWARDS. I can't get over that.
- Mona Nomura
Is Plurk still going?
- Chris Nixon
Rob, you're already commenting in the Plurk group. ;-) The link is: http://beta.friendfeed.com/plurk
- Kol Tregaskes
I am resurrecting plurk. I had a lot of fun with it then all my friends abandoned it.
- Kendra K
Mona, blinking? You mean the emoticons? Yeah, they're a little messy. As for the timeline being backwards, well it suits me that way around. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
At least you can have conservations on Plurk. On Twitter is this difficult at best.
- Kol Tregaskes
I will learn to read tomorrow Kol. heh.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I thought Jaiku was the "Twitter killer" since Google bought it LOLOL.
- Mona Nomura
I tried Plurk and I don't like it.
- Rutger Blom
Plurk is very popular in South Korea .. just as Orkut is in Brazil
- Petr Buben
of course, there comes a point where you don't need to add any more features to something, otherwise it dies a horrible, feature creep fuelled death.
- alphaxion
twitter is likely to become one of the multitudes....nothing special except a name, and once people get sick of the poor quality, they will flock to all the other ones. I don't know that any of the other microblogs will become huge though
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Haven't used Plurk much in a while... but here you go: http://www.plurk.com/herb
- Herb Hernandez
I agree with Josh - it's all about Twitter and Facebook. There is no way Plurk will "blow up", I will put money on it.
- Mona Nomura
they aren't likely to keep it up with twitter either. "hollywood" fads come and go very quickly...(it will go on for a little while yet though)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I'm sorry, I was on the Plurk wagon last year and it's just not gonna take off. Too much "attention overhead".
- Neal Jansons
Just sign up and it seems to be nice to use :)
- Nia
seems more likely that laconica based federations will be what beats twitter out (but I reserve the right to change my mind after I plurk for a bit)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I'm pretty sure that identi.ca has seen a marked increase in users since the apluk/cnn debacle and oprah
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
i have more than once said that the ideal solution is a decentralised network - one where we can choose where to host and store our profile and messages, but still be in touch with everyone on any other similar system - i.e. the structure of email or newsgroups or irc. laconica/identi.ca etc. does that - whether it is the final solution or not remains to be seen, we still lack the full standard/protocol for profile, message and topic interconnection
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Joelle, this is what works best for the rest of the internet programs and protocols. It should work best for microblogging. There are standards developing, and many systems interconnect
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Having them all feed in to FriendFeed would be a big step in the right direction as well :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I'm afraid I don't think Plurk will compete with Twitter, even though it's a better system than Twitter. So it's Twitter as it has the userbase but Plurk has the features for me and can hold a conversatation unlike Twitter. But who needs either when we have FriendFeed, hehe? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Josh, I think I'm quite clear in stating I prefer Plurk as it has the features but I use Twitter because it has the userbase.
- Kol Tregaskes
Twitter is here to stay. Just watch when all the celebs catch on.
- Mona Nomura
Anyway, you can use both by Hellotxt or Ping.fm. ;-) Celebrities? Oh joy.
- Kol Tregaskes
I use Twitter instead of Plurk because I don't have to constantly sit on a webpage monitoring it and because the whole "Karma" thing, which rewards people for posting. I use Twitter instead of Identi.ca because no one except open source geeks are on Identi.ca or know of it, and while I am an open source geek, I like a larger community with more diverse sets.
- Neal Jansons
does plurk (like identi.ca) have to/from twitter integration? seems a fair amount use identi.ca and blow off twitter all together...and yet another reason to use multi-network client (like peoplebrowsr) hehe
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
they'll catch on, and then it will become even more of a broadcast-only medium than it already is.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
You know what I kinda miss? Pownce. I liked some of the people there a lot and it could be a lot of fun.
- Neal Jansons
Kol, ping is a write only interface, no? Using takes both directions. And Neal, how are you watching FriendFeed?
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Rob, yes post only.
- Kol Tregaskes
just making sure..I was using ping for a while, but feeding all of it into FF (and then out to twitter) winds up with many multiple posts
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Haven't joined plurk, but I remember when identi.ca hit the scene last year, everybody was touting it as the "Twitter Killer". Staked my username there, as well as at Rejaw. But as was mentioned earlier, most people eventually abandoned them and migrated back to Twitter. With the coverage that Twitter's getting in the mainstream news lately, I think it will take something on the scale of what Google did to Yahoo to knock Twitter off their microblogging throne.
- Sharon McPherson
I signed up for Plurk when it first came out, I think, but never really used it. I'm joeygibson over there, if anyone wants to add me.
- Joey Gibson
Josh, me or someone else? I'm active on Plurk just no way near as active as on Twitter. Why can't I promote the former service?
- Kol Tregaskes
I also actually want to be present on the services I am on...there for conversing, not just broadcasting. I used to really like Rejaw and Kwippy, too, but for the same reasons as Plurk I had to drop them...too much attention overhead.
- Neal Jansons
As I already mentioned somewhere, I only use Plurk because most of my friends from my country are there. It doesn't change the fact that I _hate_ Plurk.
- LouCypher
Plurk is popular in my country, though http://trends.google.com/website...
- LouCypher
I plurk (through ping.fm) and mostly just hold some conversations there. I dunno. It's neat, but doesn't integrate well with something like gwibber (no API). I'm gamerchick02 if you want to connect.
- Amy H.
Putting friend requests in at Plurk for some of you as I go along, here. I like it. I find it pretty easy to scroll though the timeline. Plus, it's easier to have something approaching discussion there. Also, you can share graphics, video, music very easily. I really like it much, much better than Twitter. Not sure why I backed off. Was close to Plurk nirvana (much attention to that, there), and then moved along for some reason.
- Kathy Fitch
Plurk is pretty cool and all, but at some point having accounts with all of these microblogging/social networking sites is sort of like having multiple email accounts. I mean, I have a Hotmail account, Yahoo account, 2 Gmail accounts, work email...but I really only use my work and one Gmail account.
- mark
True, Mark. I think what drew me to Plurk initially is that because it was new, folks were eager to add connections. That wasn't my initial experience on Twitter at all. Once I started focusing on Twitter, Plurk kind of fell by the wayside. Right now, FF is definitely my favorite thing, so most of my social net time is going here.
- Kathy Fitch
I'm pretty new to FF overall, but I'm already starting to make this--along with Facebook (because of all my old high school/college friends there)--my main social networking stop...especially considering that you can tap into the other sites from here.
- mark
The whole karma and badges thing on plurk seems too sophmoric for my taste.
- Aaron Whitaker
have to agree with you Kathy. But I note that if something makes it to my opening set, or most used screen on Chrome, I'm likely to have it open all the time. identi.ca has made it because of integration in peoplebrowsr. Anything else that makes it there will be on my radar.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I prefer plurk personally, but no one I know uses it.
- Soup
Soup, that's the only reason I don't use it more. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
i'm "superiphi" on plurk, iirc. Someone already had iphigenie
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Joelle, just added you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I've used it for a while, but I haven't made a decision on it yet...http://www.plurk.com/akvalley
- Anthony K. Valley ©
The timeline with inconsistent scales is balls.
- Larry Hudson
I'm constantly on Plurk still, I made a few friends on it and enjoy the discussions between them.
- Andrew Trinh
I used plurk for a while, but also thought it too busy and soured on the whole concept. I then meandered over to Twitter.
- Brent - Long Live Rock
Well, I see that the timeline there is definitely less crowded, now. Guess others just kind of fell away as well. It was fascinating, actually, to be there as folks were discovering it, and to watch how quickly those who wanted to be the gurus moved in to establish that position.
- Kathy Fitch
@Josh, I don't like the design, the timeline and the sick karma points system.
- Rutger Blom
Also Twitter won the microblogging war. Everything else microblogging can just as well close down at this point.
- Rutger Blom
interesting. caused me to go back and look at my Twitter vs Plurk post from June nearly 11 months ago. http://www.mediadeluge.com/post.... I underestimated Twitter's stickiness -- mostly due to apps and huge follower counts that aren't easily exportable.
- Christian Anderson
I have to agree about the karma system being a turnoff, but lots of people apparently saw it as motivating initially. For awhile, there, so many plurks were about karma that I took to posting a "karma image of the day" as a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the obsession. Apparently, some folks actually lost interest once they hit nirvana. Game over.
- Kathy Fitch
@ Josh .. Plurk certainly is innovative, interesting. ..on the other hand, I do not have anything against Twitter. However, I prefer Friendfeed. my question is, WHY 140 chars? are we adult enough to opt for more? ... with some expand button?
- Petr Buben
update :Plurk has been shut down in China.
- Petr Buben
9 Ways to Use Social Networking for Blog Promotion (Covers StumbleUpon, Twitter, Facebook, BlogCatalog, Plurk, and more) - http://kikolani.com/9-ways-...
Does anyone else miss the ability to search plurk threads?
I never used it often, but if I did, I'd be all "GRRR RAGE."
- Arron Washington
aerobroken's blog for The ABN Network - http://aerobroken.blogspot.com/
“If you're on Plurk, what is your Karma at the mo'? Mines lingering near 65.” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
Roney Smith liked this
See here: http://www.plurk.com/user...
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm in the same boat with you in the mid 60s.
- Roney Smith
Plurk’s First Ever Plurktacular Design Contest! Win One of 20 $50 Amazon.com Gift Certificates! - http://blog.plurk.com/2008...
Charlie Anzman liked this
“Which one is "better" for you? Twitter_Plurk_Identi.ca_Friendfeed_Jaiku_Plaxo_Kwippy_Rejaw?” - http://beta.friendfeed.com/e...
“asks is there a bookmarklet for Plurk?” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
Torsten Eckert liked this
good question, but we still don´t have an answer yet...
- Torsten Eckert
Anyone using Twitterfeed to send Plurk updates to Twitter? I tried... but, I don't know why, the first part of every link to the concerning Plurk page gets out of the message. :S
“Reading: "Survey on the "best tourits" in the world...l" (http://tinyurl.com/5o5hgv)” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
“Looking at: "Zhang Yuchen Laffitte castle" (http://tinyurl.com/5hj2rg)” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
“Reading: "Zhang Yuchen - Service de presse de l'ambassade - La France en Chine" (http://tinyurl.com/57dhnl)” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
anyone wan't to share plurk handles...mine is linked - http://plurk.com/redeemB...
Does anyone know of an app that lets me write to Plurk and other microblogs like Twitter, Jaiku and Pownce?
Danny - ping.fm does all that. Current invite code is pingscompany.
- Matt Hooper
Thanks Matt. I'll give it a go. I've tried Hellotxt, but didn't quite like it that much.
- Danny J. Palmer
no probs - enjoy!
- Matt Hooper
I recommend ping.fm. Good stuff.
- ComicList
I am now sharing Charles' recommendation. The ability to post using AIM in Pidgin is absolutely sensational.
- Danny J. Palmer
Problem is Jaiku is quiete "new", for all others: try MOODBLAST
- Didier Lahely
from twhirl
Pfff;; PLURK not Jaiku! (I was waking up... ; )
- Didier Lahely
from twhirl
socialthing.com is good for this, too. you can even post to ping.fm from socialthing.
- Nicole Randome
from fftogo
I like ping.fm...but hellotxt.com works two
- Matt
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The Harte of Marketing: PlurkShops Over Coffee - http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/2008...
veronicaromm liked this
"Someone asks a question and Plurkers join in to add their insights, opinions, and experiences. PlurkShops have garnered any where from 250 to well over 600 responses in an hour! They are fast and furious and chock full of goodness!"
- Barbara K. Baker
from Bookmarklet
Twitter Versus Plurk: The UI Advantage - ReadWriteWeb - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Kathleen Anderson liked this
“More status: identi.ca and Plurk” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
:)
- Hao Chen
See? I told you they'd eventually add it!
- Danny J. Palmer
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So, I try plurk out for the first time tonight, and it dies the death. I am the harbinger of socnet doom.. Oh well.. Back to twitter and FF :D
Sux to be you.
- Albert
what happened? it works great for me
- Matt
Dude. It was down for hours.
- Brad McCrorey
not for me...
- Matt
Matt: did you see think link I posted?? -> http://blog.plurk.com/2008...
- Brad McCrorey
yah...but I didn't notice any drop in karma or anything but good things?
- Matt
you're not missing out on much. except for a whole lot of people whining about their karma
- Nancy M.
Your life, on the line - Plurk.com - http://blog.plurk.com/2008...
"Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Oh, did we mention, we’re sorry?"
- Brad McCrorey
from Bookmarklet
Excerpt I like the most: "So, for example, you will be able to view just those plurks you’ve participated in, just those plurks sent to cliques or just those plurks you’ve favourited….all these features coming soon!"
- DanielRS
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