Plurk

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  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    Preamble : Plurk is about having conversations. It6s designed around that. Follow the principle or fail miserably :-).
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    1. Don’t try to read everything : individual plurks are conversation headings, only drill down those that sound interesting.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    1.1 for everything else, « mark all as read » is your friend.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    1.2 obnoxious conversations can be muted (you will not be notified of new responses)
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    2. Don’t try to follow Plurk realtime (unless you are having a realtime conversation on it anyway).
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    2.1 let Plurk aggregate, and come back to it in bouts. Don’t be overwhelemd by the « New replies » count, it’s easy to cut back.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    2.2 On loggin on, scroll the timeline looking up plurks **without replies only** for interesting convos. Add replies as you see fit.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    2.3 when you ahev fondthe poitn you last left, jump back to the start of the timeline. « View Replies » and repeat 2.2 until timeline ends.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    ahem *when you have found the point (sorry for that)
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    2.4 only drill down convos with replies you actually want to see. Leave all others untouched.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    2.5 « Mark all as Read » when you are done.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    3. Jump back to timleine start, voilà, abotu 5 minutes work to catch up on 50+ people plurking for several hours.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    4. Plurk yourself. The stilted third person usage imposed by the qualifiers somehow seems to be universally recognised.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    4.1 Your plurk is an inviattion to converse. Do not plurk to reply to another plurk. That belongs in the originating plurk’s thread.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    4.2 Don’t worry too much about what might be a good plurk : unlike Twitter, full of its own improtance, Plurk is very informally chatty.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    5. Think friedns on away trip, not micro-blog. And enjoy :-)
  • iYan says
    (s_high_five) well done!
  • Tenebrous thinks
    that's very useful! good job!
  • Mrs Schwarzman wishes
    she had committed less atrocities on the English language while typing *blushes crimson*
  • spiderkitten
    "It's easier to just connect the timeline directly to a vein. This will keep future withdrawal symptoms to a minimum"
  • spiderkitten
    *laughs* sheesh plurk much? my fingers are cold, sorries (LOL)
  • gracemcdunnough asks
    .. could you expound on "plurk yourself"?
  • Mrs Schwarzman
    glares at gracemcdunnough for pointing out my deficient English. « yourself » as in « do it yourself », Grace.
  • metaMeerkat loves
    this short guide... thanks! :-)
  • jjacek likes
    to plurk herself. ;-)
  • spiderkitten likes
    the phrase "Go Plurk yourself."
  • gracemcdunnough was
    just making sure you didn't mean "plurk off"
  • Tenebrous likes
    the phrase "Your life, on the line" especially in the light of recent plurk-RL-revelations/privacy-policy-breakage
  • Mrs Schwarzman thinks
    she might as well tattoo « plurk yourself » on her forehead.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    oh don’t be such a plurk, Grace ;-)
  • metaMeerkat asks
    if one can make a conversation a 'favourite' in some way... or did I miss that in the short guide?
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    to MeerKatje : not isnide Plurk, but you can bookmark the plurk page (every plurk has its own page, linked to in the bottom right corner)
  • Mrs Schwarzman wishes
    there was a less cumbersome way, but then, Plurk is still under active development.
  • Mrs Schwarzman says
    there is much more to plurk, notably the privacy / firdns versus fans / cluiqes thing, but that is another story entirely...
  • Nethead says
    great guide
  • ArminaX says
    TYVM, rheta! Now, we should put this in the plurkopedia. Is there one?

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