MackCollier says Jul 16, 2008 02:01AM I feel like I have neglected Plurk lately. Went to Twitter and it's all 'vote for meeeee' high school crap
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:03AM March your butt back over here to Plurk, Bubba. You know this is where you belong.
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:15AM I hear ya, Mack. Disappointing that it's so different than it used to be. I remember nights that you and I and CK and Ike and others would
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:16AM tweet up a storm, managing to have a conversation in that gosh-awful, unthreaded format. But the connection was there.
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:16AM That sense of connection has faded for me. Still pick it up now and then but not often.
MackCollier says Jul 16, 2008 02:17AM Connie that was the thing we were all there TRYING to get the convo going all the time, but wouldn't always click, here it clicks nonstop
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:19AM You know when it started to slow down was with the advent of FriendFeed. More autoposting occurred, replies went to FF.
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:20AM And then Twitter kept going down ... and a bunch of us wound up here. You're right. It's nonstop conversation here.
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:21AM Some of it is even more trivial than Twitter (if possible). Some of it's funny, some of it is sad (LillyAnn fiasco),
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:21AM and the plurkshops have been incredibly lively and informative -- and energizing.
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:22AM *This* is how a core group of early adopters were using Twitter, until it became impossible because of their growth & the WhaleFail.
sarunasr says Jul 16, 2008 02:24AM to me twitter is more for anouncements, links, etc. plurk is all convo plus above
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:26AM sarunasr I agree with you, *now* - but once upon a time, Twitter was not just about announcements.
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:27AM I think Twitter is not going to turn out "happily ever after" for conversationalists.
MackCollier says Jul 16, 2008 02:34AM Connie I believe you are right, right about a month or 2 after SXSW, it started really sucking
Connie Jul 16, 2008 02:38AM adamsherk I totally agree. It's now hard to "break into the crowd" at Twitter. As a student of social media / social networks I find
acnatta asks Jul 16, 2008 03:09AM do you think Plurk (with a mobile app) will become this year's SXSW tool? Just wondering...
Connie Jul 16, 2008 03:12AM Interesting question, acnatta. I think it would require SMS capabilities and a core of early adopter evangelists in the tech field --
Connie Jul 16, 2008 03:13AM which is what Twitter had going into SXSW2007. With a few exceptions (Leo Laporte, Darren Rowse), the A-Listers are notably absent here.
Connie Jul 16, 2008 03:14AM Beyond that is the social question of scaling conversations, period. Getting the most out of Plurk requires different ideas about
Connie Jul 16, 2008 03:15AM following/friending than other presence apps. Don't know if enough people will accept that idea. So it's cultural as well as technological
Jane Chin Jul 16, 2008 04:27AM i just hope that plurk can accommodate capacity rather than jump the shark (or jump the whale) like Twitter over time.
marypat says Sep 21, 2008 07:06PM I like Twitter and Plurk both. With Twitter, the pressure is not there to be active all the time. If you get busy, you can take a break
marypat says Sep 21, 2008 07:06PM But with Plurk, you just can't take a break or you get spanked. BUT I LOVE to be able to ask a real question and get real answers here
marypat says Sep 21, 2008 07:07PM the hardest part about Plurk is if you don't play the game the right way, people won't acknowledge you. I think that stinks
