margalit says Jul 11, 2008 09:32PM Twitter did, but for some reason, plurk doesn't. I think it doesn't irritate me as much as twitter so less blog fodder.
DaveMurr says Jul 11, 2008 09:35PM Yes - and just about everything save eating and breathing and that is only because I can do those while Plurking and Tweeting!
contrapuntist Jul 11, 2008 09:36PM the addictiveness of Plurking amazes me. better than working that's for sure... umm.. speaking of, back I go.
susanreynolds says Jul 11, 2008 09:36PM Darren we're on a mind meld - well, with variations cuz you know - I'm me - susanreynolds.blogs.com/artist/2008/07/twitter-plurk-s.html
Debra Simpson says Jul 11, 2008 09:37PM I like twitter, and especially plurk for blog ideas or to learn from the links posted by friends
tamar Jul 11, 2008 09:38PM yes and no. I find that I get some good ideas among community discussions which inspire me
derekralston says Jul 11, 2008 09:42PM yes, but the benefits outweigh the costs, especially for new bloggers. u get to start building your brand and close relationship w/readers
SharonHH says Jul 11, 2008 10:07PM actually, I've had some good post ideas through discussions on plurk and twitter
TalkBinary says Jul 11, 2008 10:14PM when I started but I learned to check it very briefly during the day
tcdzomba says Jul 11, 2008 10:25PM Sometimes it does, like now when i'm supposed to be watching the kids.
Olivia Bell Jul 11, 2008 10:27PM Yes and no... I'm afraid I wrote a comment, which likely could have been halved xD
jimhutchinson says Jul 11, 2008 10:31PM Sorry, I would have responded sooner but was distracted by other Plurks.
pegkd says Jul 11, 2008 11:00PM i enjoyed the post and decided, no, not so much distraction. oddly i focus better
fsiefken thinks Jul 11, 2008 11:13PM micro other end publishing spectrum. tumbling view of blogging: micro enhances. see fsiefken.soup.io - traditional view: distracting
tenkabuto thinks Jul 11, 2008 11:17PM that, if anything, Twitter and Plurk influence me more to blog. It's GReader that distracts me.
NunoXEI says Jul 11, 2008 11:27PM I need Plurk to distract me more! Still stuck on Twitter; habits are hard to break!
neilcorman thinks Jul 11, 2008 11:41PM that plurk takes the time away as it requires you to monitor conversations more so that twitter.
♥ PiXeL ♥ Jul 12, 2008 12:21AM Yes too; for the same reasons above. It distracts me from blogging and surfing on the web
thefencepost says Jul 12, 2008 12:43AM it distracts me from work in general, but i also learn from the interaction and other blogs
WorkingWriter says Jul 12, 2008 12:49AM In some ways, I'm prompted to blog more, but I can count microblogs as blogs too. Overall, tho, I blog more since I found Twitter.
WorkingWriter says Jul 12, 2008 12:55AM Boy, that was a 2-faced Plurk. TwitterPlurk is a distraction, but it provokes ideas for blogs too. (That's better!)
VintageVirtue says Jul 12, 2008 01:29AM they did when I first discovered them but I have scaled back on both now so not so much.
merrickmgt feels Jul 12, 2008 02:22AM that Twitter can take up a lot of time at first, but after that, you can settle into a more systematic, times use of it.
Joankr says Jul 12, 2008 04:03AM everything in life distracted me from Twitter; Plurk distracts me from everything else in life! (I like Plurk a lot better)
SoccerDad says Jul 12, 2008 05:43AM They distracted me at first, but now I'm seeing the benefits and I'm blogging more.
Dean L. says Jul 12, 2008 01:50PM absolutely, yes. which is why i *try* to exit my plurk tab when I'm working on my posts.
Dean L. says Jul 12, 2008 02:04PM is it me, or is the question supposed to read "Do twitter and plurk distract you from blogging"?
coenjacobs thinks Jul 12, 2008 05:33PM it does yeah. But Plurk has more possibilities to catch up, Twitter is to straight forward for that. Reading through pages to find discus...
coenjacobs Jul 12, 2008 05:33PM ..discussions back really sucks. Plurk will save you some time with this!
coenjacobs feels Jul 12, 2008 05:34PM like he agrees with Darren. Plurk and Twitter do distract you (from blogging).
hope it's a good distraction 
