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Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Love poems & Love Quotes — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:40:16 -0000

It's really amazing how the competition heats up at the last moments of victory. Plurk is alright, but Twitter holds a east to use database. Twitter all the way no competition hands down.

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Sohbetci — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:13:35 -0000

It’s just good for the site owners to make money… rest in my opinion if everyone uses one of them only, like myspace it will be better… you find your friends easier!

[editor's note: link removed. It looks like spam. Surely you weren't trying to spam my blog, were you?]

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Sohbetci — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:12:29 -0000

Awesome post Tamar. It’s funny because I have done a number of Twitter vs Plurk posts weighing the pros and cons of each, but I think you have it pinned. They are simply two different kinds of social beasts that should not be compared. Much like yourself I use each service for a different purpose.

[Tamar's note: Thanks Sohbetci--but I had to remove the spam links you added to the end of your comment.]

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

chat — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:07:08 -0000

I or a friend posts a blog post of mine, I get a great deal of hits and comments from Plurkers. For me it is very easy to say that Plurk is a new favorite...

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Piska — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:21:50 -0000

I like Plurk then Twitter..
love the commenting system, and emoticon also get karma more higher then i will get more emoticon and became NIRVANA..Yippie..

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

lig tv izle — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:22:14 -0000

I have yet to get the hang of plurking and really don’t have time for both. Twitter seems to remain the more professional sort of hangout so unless that changes I’ll probably need

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

bedava sohbet — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:21:37 -0000

Twitter, Yammer, Plurk. Next thing you know we’ll have Quitter, Spammer and Blurt…

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

sohbet — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:35:06 -0000

I have yet to get the hang of plurking and really don’t have time for both. Twitter seems to remain the more professional sort of hangout so unless that changes I’ll probably need to leave Plurk to your *Plurkrastinators*
sohbet

Great term coinage there!

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

rudeshock — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:13:28 -0000

Twitter, Yammer, Plurk. Next thing you know we'll have Quitter, Spammer and Blurt...

Anyway, does using Twitter make you a twit?

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Jag — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:23:54 -0000

Great comparison :)

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Chat — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:01:06 -0000

You’ve spelled it out really clearly, thank you for this. I agree - I have noticed Twitter getting more and more business-like and the silly, water-cooler conversations occurring over on Plurk. That also makes it a lot easier when you are choosing which followers to follow back on Twitter.

I think this is great advice for all social media sites. Use each site for a specific purpose (which will have its inevitable crossover, of course). That also helps a little with avoiding business contacts being subjected to your messy weekend photos!
chat

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Jay work at home — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:03:25 -0000

Twitter is the best IMO

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

oyun — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:31:48 -0000

Well, Ive more or less abandoned Twitter for Jaiku, but I (literally) Digg your anti comparison =)

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

chat — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:24:16 -0000

I think this is great advice for all social media sites

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

chat — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:23:33 -0000

thanks for this article. What about using Twitter with FriendFeed? Do you think you get the same community response when folk can comment on

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

susan blair — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:45:04 -0000

I too have tried both platform and believe or not, I've gotten more of a response from plurk than any other social media network.

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Guest — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:50:17 -0000

thank you so much.. i been looking for this solution for such a long time and now i found it.. thank you!!

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Simon Hamer — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:12:38 -0000

Interesting stuff. Saw this brought up on a Linkedin question, and I'll put it on ecademy for them to see it also.

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

tamar — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:17:22 -0000

Karl, you're not serious, are you?

It's called social media marketing, not MySpace marketing.

Plus, MySpace is not even really relevant to this article. It's a social site, but we're talking about microblogging now. I hope your SEO consulting firm recognizes the importance of that too.

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Karl — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:23:03 -0000

I don't know why social sites keep launching, isn't myspace enough? lol I mean who will join all of them just to have a profile page identical to the others...

It's just good for the site owners to make money... rest in my opinion if everyone uses one of them only, like myspace it will be better... you find your friends easier!

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

tamar — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:32:12 -0000

Quixote: they missed their chance to shine in Holland, I guess.

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

quixote — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:50:45 -0000

I'm laughing wildly. "Plurk" means something like "scumbag" in Dutch, although not quite as strong as that. I guess they don't plan on pushing it there much?

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Scott — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:02:38 -0000

HAHA "plurkrastination" great term!

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Social Marketing Journal — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:12:47 -0000

We keep hearing that Twitter is more for business and plurking is more for more conversational items so maybe the two do have their own place.

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

tamar — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:12:46 -0000

Justin, that's a good point. There's definitely an element of community there that you don't see in Twitter itself, but I think the signal to noise ratio is higher due to the fact that it integrates more services (41 at this time) and that Friendfeed is more service-centric rather than community-focused. Therefore, it's not necessarily a community building tool, per se, because you're seeing that when I StumbleUpon a site like "10 Ways to Be Productive at 4:30AM" and have this strange ongoing discussion, it's not the same as when someone shares a personal tidbit on Plurk ("I got stuck on the bus today") and the community actually responds and sympathizes.

I've written a few articles on Friendfeed -- I don't really lump it with Plurk so much.

See:
How Spying On Your Friends Causes Reevaluation of Endorsed Content
and
How Friendfeed Can Teach You About Your Friends