It seems like every week I’m discovering new social sites and signing up to them to give them a trial run as I’m always up for trying new things so I can give my opinion (yes, I’ve tried Facebore. Verdict: Zzzzzz) Yesterday it was the turn of Plurk which is a micro-blogging site where you give short 140 character updates.
The site design is nice - bright and fun looking, although I think the “share your emo-ness” is a bit lame and I did wonder if this was going to be aimed towards the 12-16y/misery-teenage-types. The timeline is a bit weird to keep on top of. When I log onto the site a little message comes up to say there’s XX updates…and I never catch up or read what’s been posted as there’s often a lot going on. If there was a Plurk desktop client for Mac then that may make life easier to keep on top of things. I’m not keen on the Karma rating - that’s not something that interests me at all and to be honest I can only see that encouraging people to post for the sake of posting, so they reach new levels and get more emoticons.
Anyway, I’ll be looking in on it every now and again to witness it’s growth - feel free to Plurk me.
10 Jun 08
5:36 pm
Well, I gave Plurk a try, but my, is it bloody boring. The karma rating is very silly as all I have seen is random pointless posting by some, simply to get higher karma and unleash the other features: more emoticons. Woopee-doo!
I find the timeline very hard to keep up with, especially if I’m not checking everyday. Over 400 new ‘plurks’ waiting for me after 2 days away. Not a chance
Anyone else tried Plurk? Thoughts?
01 Aug 08
7:09 am
I still prefer the classic and clean Twitter. I just wish they move their arses and improve its reliability.
08 Aug 08
6:08 pm
Yes, Twitter is definitely the best. I have tried some of the other sites that claim to be a similar thing, but the community feel just isn’t there.