Plurk

I know. I haven't blogged in probably a month, and the first thing I blog about is yet another social network. Here's the link, explanation and my thoughts will go beneath: http://plurk.com/redeemByURL?from_uid=12402&check=-2103795948&s=1

So here's the way it goes down. If you're familiar with Twitter, Plurk is quite similar. In some ways better, in some ways worse, but it all comes down to 140 character updates. Plurk is more centered on web however, and Twitter is all about connecting however you can; cell phone, blackberry, web, IM, whatever. All I have seen for Plurk so far is IM (Msn, Gtalk, AIM, and Yahoo!) and web. Plurk's layout is, granted, a little more confusing but I found it rather easy to adapt to. However, this is turning into a Twitter vs. Plurk, and anyone who's reading this who hasn't/doesn't use Twitter isn't really going to care about that, or have a great idea of why the Twitter vs. Plurk is pretty big amongst users of both.

So, assuming you clicked the link, you're currently looking at my profile in Plurk. Probably the first thing that catches your eye is the big window at the top with all the little text updates. These are short little "Plurks" that I send out (posting a Plurk is naturally called Plurking). Clicking a Plurk will expand the window so one can read comments on that Plurk, if there are any. You may have noticed Plurk tries to get you to speak in third person. I don't personally care for that, and usually update in first person anyway. The timeline, if you click and hold down the button, can be moved right or left to scroll through earlier Plurks. If you were a registered user and following several other people's updates, you'd be able to see their updates as well as your own in the window.

I personally am quite enjoying Plurk. It's a nice alternative to Twitter, which regularly goes down and crashes. Plurk is very stable, and although it has weird logos, a funky timeline that's completely different from Twitter, I still say the base is the same: posting short little updates often. Plurk can often end up being like having an IM conversation, actually. It's pretty cool.


So that's a quick overview of Plurk. I'd write more but ya know, school tomorrow yada yada. If you do join Plurk, make sure to visit my profile, scroll down, and in the bottom right, click the "follow" and "add friend" links.