Comments on Alana Taylor: Sunday was Plurk Day [And I'm All Plurked Out]

You totally nailed Plurk. As you said 'it's an ins...

2008-06-02T12:12:26.905-04:00

You totally nailed Plurk. As you said 'it's an instant messenger' not a social media site. It was fun to try out, but I definitely won't be migrating from Twitter to it any time soon.

Yes tinythoughts (how modest you are - was inspira...

2008-06-02T11:02:32.065-04:00

Yes tinythoughts (how modest you are - was inspirationalthoughts already taken?) I too got the white screen of death on Pownce today. We can't expect miracles of a free service, but we do! That's what the internet leads us to expect, as our access to it trends towards 'free'.

Google charges $50 a year for guaranteed email, and not many would pay that for twitter, especially if you had to pay for them all! I did pay for Pownce, mainly because I like the team and I wanted the kudos of the 'Pro' badge. That really is sad.

What is the answer? Do we just sit tight until they get bought by Google? Hold on... they own Jaiku!!!

I have been using plurk for the past few days. Whe...

2008-06-02T10:56:23.871-04:00

I have been using plurk for the past few days. When I first looked at it, I thought it was cute and instantly began trying to find the practical features we are all so used to on twitter. I gave up and just embraced the fun and entertainment value it had. Then something great happened, it actually proved itself to be a great community. I have been able to connect with friends and users, and even get feedback on my own projects like http://lifestream.fm. So i have been praising plurk on twitter (with it's constant outs), pownce (where the constant white pages of doom are starting to get to me), on plurk (where now that people are flocking there is having trouble itself), and on my work blog. I love plurk. I would suggest hanging on to it, even if just as a twitter backup. But I certainly think it is more than just a chat alternative.

I've been toying with all these sites, plus Pownce...

2008-06-02T10:35:29.926-04:00

I've been toying with all these sites, plus Pownce, for a few weeks now, also with work/business in mind. The truth is that they all suffer from random outages and glitches. So they are fun but I can't depend on them for 'real' communication - with colleagues, for example. E-mail is dull, but far more reliable. Then again, all the IM engines drop out for no particular reason just when you need 'em. Google Mail was down for a bit today.

My question: how long will it be before all these multiplying and breeding 'me-too' services congeal around a market leader than we can all rely on? I can't stand entering my name and age into so many Web 2.0 profiles :)