Comments on: What the Plurk? http://hummingbird604.com/2008/06/10/what-the-plurk/ The personal blog of a Vancouver-based educator in environmental issues Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: My impressions on Plurk | David Chan's Blog http://hummingbird604.com/2008/06/10/what-the-plurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1111 My impressions on Plurk | David Chan's Blog Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:42:38 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=943#comment-1111 [...] it’s not enough to attract me to use it over Twitter.  Other Twitter folk express similar first impressions.  Lets see if my mind changes in the future. Posted in A series of tubes, Twitter | [...] [...] it’s not enough to attract me to use it over Twitter.  Other Twitter folk express similar first impressions.  Lets see if my mind changes in the future. Posted in A series of tubes, Twitter | [...]

]]> By: Raul http://hummingbird604.com/2008/06/10/what-the-plurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Raul Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:07:30 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=943#comment-1114 @ Tyler - Plurk can be a great conversation but it's really messy! @ Cecily - And *that* is precisely my point - I never would get work done! @ Tyler – Plurk can be a great conversation but it’s really messy!

@ Cecily – And *that* is precisely my point – I never would get work done!

]]> By: Cecily http://hummingbird604.com/2008/06/10/what-the-plurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 Cecily Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:53:29 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=943#comment-1113 The thing I like best about Plurk is that it facilitates conversations. I've found that conversations flow a lot more naturally on Plurk than they do on Twitter (FriendFeed comes close). The only thing I don't like about Plurk is it demands your constant attention. I'll never get any work done this way! The thing I like best about Plurk is that it facilitates conversations. I’ve found that conversations flow a lot more naturally on Plurk than they do on Twitter (FriendFeed comes close).

The only thing I don’t like about Plurk is it demands your constant attention. I’ll never get any work done this way!

]]> By: Tyler Ingram http://hummingbird604.com/2008/06/10/what-the-plurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1112 Tyler Ingram Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:13:10 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=943#comment-1112 I signed up for Plurk but I agree there are far TOO many things to sign up with and follow. I mean twitter is good and it would be great if they can increase their network services so that it doesn't go down as much. I also like how I can run a twitter client on my desktop, or on my blackberry etc. Plurk is interesting, nice GUI and such but I don't like how it reads from right to left. Having english as my primary language I read left to right, not right to left so following Plurk is a bit annoying. I submitted the idea of being able to change how it can be read (the time line) but I did not receive a response to my suggestion. I am sure others feel the same way. The neat feature is the conversation part of Plurk where instead of replying (like in twitter) to a person you add to their entry and it reads top to bottom. I could see someone's time line being REALLY messy though if you had like 100+ followers and they were all updating their time lines constantly. Oh well. I signed up for Plurk but I agree there are far TOO many things to sign up with and follow. I mean twitter is good and it would be great if they can increase their network services so that it doesn’t go down as much. I also like how I can run a twitter client on my desktop, or on my blackberry etc.

Plurk is interesting, nice GUI and such but I don’t like how it reads from right to left. Having english as my primary language I read left to right, not right to left so following Plurk is a bit annoying. I submitted the idea of being able to change how it can be read (the time line) but I did not receive a response to my suggestion. I am sure others feel the same way. The neat feature is the conversation part of Plurk where instead of replying (like in twitter) to a person you add to their entry and it reads top to bottom.

I could see someone’s time line being REALLY messy though if you had like 100+ followers and they were all updating their time lines constantly. Oh well.

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