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Some thoughts on my days in the Plurk-o-verseWeren’t we just talking about trademarks, standards and linkbait? …. Naaww.… this week there's a new buzz - The latest kid in the corral –Plurk. As one person alluded to, half jokingly, its twitter on meth essentially. Granted many new services that come out experience some initial geek surge, but even this Gypsy was on about FriendFeed (and it’s Rooms) recently – this one is different. For starters it has a strange snow ball effect going on as you seem to spiral out of control. It is like having an interactive, multimedia enabled forum that Plurked and instant messenger client. You’ll be lucky to not be talking in the third person in no time. Beyond that I met some folks that gave help and others that made tools for the community to benefit from. Once rolling it is interesting to not only interact but add flavour with images and graphics… You can also start private groups called *cliques* that help one segment their messages once your friend lists get longer. Some GoodiesOk, you can get round one of the community – How to post
You can also get the FireFox extension
Or get hooked up to the Desktop client Import Twitter friends to Plurk with this tool
and there is even a Plurk Bookmarlet
Also you can find Plurkers from around the world Have you seen the new feature to Mute Plurks? Read all about it
From Plurktionary we have; the Unnofficial Plurk Dictionary
And you can even follow the Plurkerati around!Video - I use my Multimedia tab in the Ol iGoogle Homepage; and post the URL 
Images - Same gig… Google is your friend - and you can simply paste in a URL to a given image to have it show up in the thread you are in.
Cliques – these can be handy for sending messages to a modular groups of your Plurkers.I figure with wider adoption this should help segment things better.; tho adding friends to cliques isn’t overly intuitive (note add friends to cliques as U make ‘em) Here’s the main screen;
 My Posts
 My Private messages/Clique posts
 Want to see just ONE user? Click on their Avatar
 ...and there is much more to play with (shall add links to the bottom of this post as I find them) In the end? Will it stay interesting or will it crumble over under it’s own weight? Who knows… we roll with the punches. Me? I’ll be keeping it around for a while to see where it leads; it merely needs to be tempered like any activity. So far so fun…though they are having some server issues it seems… One can always get a fix at the FriendFeed Room for Plurk
Looking to hook up with some Plurkalicious Peeps? Check my friend list.. lots to chose from
…. Now I gotta’ get back to work… no, really… I am plurkin’ serious here… L8TR Some More Plurking Reading (know another? Leave it in the comments) Plurk. Just anoter Twitter Clone? - MU on Plurk
Are You Plurking? - NowSourcing
Plurk was not love at first sight - but I'm addicted - Social Media Mom
What is Plurk - BlahBlahBlah Tech
Understanding Plurk Karma - Left the Box
Top 10 Plurk users; What's the Karma Algo? - ProBlogger
Plurk better than Twitter - Mashable
Quirky Plurk; anothe time sink - zDnet
Top 10 Yay Plurk, Nay Twitter reasons - HomeBiz Blogger
Plurk is Twitter on Meth - Chris Hooley
Why Plurk will Kill Twitter - Mass Media Designs
Chatter Crack; a social addiction - BroadCasting Brain
Plurk Unleashed - Thinking serious
Karma, Thou Wicked Wench! - Plurkiverse
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