Comments on: Online, Ideas Can Spread at the Speed of… Plurk

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:39:43 +0000

Amazing how fast ideas can spread, it used to be the “Slashdot Effect” now I guess it’s the “Twitter Effect” ?
Hope once our new concept hits beta we’ll get the same type of quick exposure BUT with positive feedback, unlike plurk.
Nathan Lands
http://www.hiyaya.com
“Changing the face of e-commerce”

By: Bryan Person, BryanPerson.com

Bryan Person, BryanPerson.com — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:59:28 +0000

Count me among the many who heard about Plurk — and then signed up to try it out — because of the buzz about it on Twitter last week.
I think Twitter’s recent downtime and general unreliability also has many of us thinking, “What if we could find another service that did everything Twitter does … except that it always worked?” There’s usually that secret hope in any of these new shiny objects we’re testing out, no?

By: Gavin Heaton

Gavin Heaton — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:17:54 +0000

Hey Mack … thanks for the shout out! You know, I think it is more because Plurk has a game like feel. More kid like. Taps into our sense of fun too.

By: Leigh Duncan-Durst

Leigh Duncan-Durst — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:54:28 +0000

I heard about Plurk on Twitter also, Mack. I was in the middle of some apps research and it was very apropos timing. Blog post http://www.livepath.blogspot.com

By: mack collier

mack collier — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:33:52 +0000

Fellow Daily Fix contributor Karl Long is blogging that Plurk wants to be ‘Twitter for teens’:
http://experiencecurve.com/archives/plurk-twitter-for-teens
Funny because Gavin Heaton said on Plurk last night that the site looked like ‘Twitter for kids’

By: Ann Handley

Ann Handley — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:16:22 +0000

There’s a lot of pressure trying to stay at the bleeding edge… ! lol….

By: mack collier

mack collier — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:48:46 +0000

Nothing attracts a crowd, like a crowd. Funny cause I keep asking people on Twitter if ANYONE really likes Plurk, and no one has stepped up so far.
But it’s still being chattered about endlessly. It’s almost like we are all scared of being labeled as ‘uncool’ if we aren’t trying out and talking about Plurk.

By: Ann Handley

Ann Handley — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:02:25 +0000

True enough that Heath Ledger’s death — or Ted Kennedy’s brain surgery — or whatever — travels via Twitter at the speed of… well, Twitter.
But at the same time, Plurk’s sudden rise to fame seems attributable to the fact that lots of folks on Twitter have that BSO gene. (Including me.. signed up Sunday.) ; )

By: mack collier

mack collier — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:59:21 +0000

Anne I disagree. I’ve seen news items spread much quicker, such as Heath Ledger’s death, which many noticed on Twitter before anywhere else.
Granted, the similarity between Twitter and Plurk no doubt got Twitter users talking about Plurk, but it was simply an example of how quickly ideas and stories can spread via Twitter.

By: Anne Rogers

Anne Rogers — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:49:12 +0000

Interesting article Mack… Thing is, while this example shows the potential for ideas to travel (quickly) through twitter, its not really a fair test. I’d imagine that a lot of the reason for the news travelling was the fact that plurk seems to be so similar to twitter and therefore is of interest to _all_ twitter users – close to 100%.
Very few other topics are going to attract such a high level of interest, and thus warrant so many tweets!

By: mack collier

mack collier — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:32:48 +0000

Steve I hear ya, but at the same time, we tend to over-hype sites like Plurk, Friendfeed, hell even Twitter. Aren’t all these sites, including Twitter, still technically in beta?
But you’re right, anyone wanting to launch a new social site,tool has to consider that they may face a massive load immediately. May not be fair to them, but again, we love to over-hype new social toys we find.

By: Dusan Vrban

Dusan Vrban — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:02:09 +0000

How fast can we go, when we get microrobots in our bodies and start connecting directly through minds? Ain’t the world for some people at the coast I know.

By: Steve Woodruff

Steve Woodruff — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:52:45 +0000

The flip side, of course, is that if the plurk-of-the-day doesn’t have an immediate and evident value proposition, it will just as quickly be publicly trashed. So – you better have the goods before you get talked about!