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So this week I was trying to converse on Twitter, when someone I was following who was also interested in microbusinesses sent me a Tweet about “Twittersqueeze”.
But I almost read it wrong and thought it said something else.
Same number of syllables but just a bit of tweaking in pronunciation.
Something not suited for disclosure on the family-friendly Plurkaholics.com. (More …) -
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I was trying to get into Twitter the other day, and Fail Whaled. So I made this: (More …)
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Or if I want to use Plurkonics, I should have spelt “Plurk Surch Surge”…
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What I appreciate about the private plurking option, where I can share a plurk with either one person or a group of people I designate, is that I take connecting conversations to a deeper level.
Yesterday, for example, I asked a question about how we can tell the difference between hesitating due to fear or hesitating due to a “good reason” (i.e. what you’re thinking about doing is no longer aligned with your goals). I received a couple of responses from helpful plurkers, and then engaged in a deeper discussion with one of the plurkers.
The ability to connect privately either with an individual or designated group of individuals allow me to form deeper relationships and engage in more significant / meaningful conversations than I’d ever been able to elsewhere (i.e. Twitter). I’ve found that Plurk is fertile ground for cultivating new friends, while Twitter requires you to already come equipped with solid relationships or you’ll barely get a Tweet back.
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Mike Templeton launched Plurkular today, in his own words, “born early this morning after several cups of Earl Grey and staring at a full-screen Plurk timeline for several hours.”
(is there another way to launch a website, Mike?)
Mike asks a great question that can be viewed from both a business (”Plurkonomic”) and philosophical angle: we already have a bunch of plurk-related websites cropping up. Why another one?
For Mike, Plurkular is about news, apps, and fellow Plurkers. Although Mike was careful to say that Plurkular is not a competitor to anyone else out there, I think we should be as welcoming to competitors as we are about our own Plurk ventures.
This is because the more people entering a field and the more activity emerging in the field, the more we learn about the potential and utility of the field, and the more ideas we gain from each other in this field. It means the Plurk arena is robust and has high potential!
What better example than looking at Twitter, where talk these days center more around Twitter being down and unwieldy and becoming less user-friendly than Twitter as a power tool in its (pre Fail-Whale-all-the-time) heyday?
I just hope Plurk continues its growth and development, and not end up on the list of FuckedCompany.com (which, by the way, is itself “Fucked”)…
So all you Plurk-lovin’ Plurkaholic early adopter branding guru app developer just your everyday plurkin’ joe or jane,
COME ON DOWN!
(p.s. yes, I own the domains Plurkonomics.com and Twitteromics.com - if you think your business is a prime example of how its life and yours were changed by becoming plugged in to Plurk and/or Twitter, I’d love to hear from you. Email me at plurkaholics@gmail.com or Plurk me @janechin .)
