I was checking out my twitters and noticed a post by Leo Laporte (Twit.tv) about a new social service called Plurk. My first reaction is that this is extremely cool! My second reaction is that i’m not sure it knows what it wants to be when it grows up.
It feels like a twitter clone but is missing some of the key elements such as the SMS linkage. It has video, and image sharing which feels more like a full grown social network.
They have a feedback system built-in (you get karma for inviting friends and other actions) but all your karma seems to driven by helping plurk grow…hmm?! Isn’t karma supposed to be good deeds in general? Also, you get a goofy plurk character that represents your karmic self at different levels of plurkiness. The one-eyed plurker pictured above is my first karmic representation…i’m going out to do some good deeds right now!
It doesn’t actually seem to compete with any of the current services (at least not on feature set)…but, it’s so cool i’m going to keep plurking to see where the rabbit hole goes!
Adheeth said
June 4 2008 @ 9:26 am
Even i loved Plurk. Its pretty much addictive. Yea a lot of your karma depends on your efforts to make Plurk grow. But its awsome!
AK said
June 5 2008 @ 4:36 pm
We all have a great time with fun emoticons so its all good.
admin said
August 4 2008 @ 7:03 pm
I can’t for the life of me seem to get my karma to go up…*sigh*
goblinbox said
October 9 2008 @ 10:29 am
I broke down and signed up for a Plurk account; it’s cute. I only check the site about once a week. I do all my posting via Ping.fm so it hits Twitter, Facebook, and Plurk all at once and I can do it from my phone.