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  Harry

  1 year ago

  I like plurk so far, though it's having it's share of stability problems. The thing that makes pownce a non-contender for me is the lack of IM integration. Others may feel that SMS is more important, but IM is far and away my preferred method of interfacing with these kind of services, to both post entries and get notified of other's.
  
  Of course, both twitter and plurk's IM bots are down at the moment, so....
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  Mrs. Micah

  1 year ago

  I might well use these. There are so many people on Twitter and the twhirl desktop app works really well for me (unless Twitter is crashing) so I don't want to switch. I find it a useful networking tool and a way of feeling connected when I'm working from home. But it's not critical to my work so I can do without it.
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  Dan

  1 year ago

  Nice comparison. You know I think you hit the nail on the head when you said Pownce is too feature heavy and complicated for just quick 10 second microblogging.
  
  Plurk sounds really good and I think I'm gonna give it a go. The one click reply thing is nothing new to Twitter users who use Twhirl/Snitter/Twitteriffic etc but this Karma thing actually sounds pretty cool. Are there any clients for Plurk? I don't want to have to open a new FF tab to post updates...
  
  Dan
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  Dennis Bjørn Petersen

  1 year ago

  @Harry: I've never really used IM to post on twitter. Do you get your replies in your IM-client too?
  
  @Mrs. Micah: Welcome to TBN. Good to have you here! Twhirl is definitely my favourite desktop app too. Now if only twitter would remain stable it would be even better ;)
  
  @Dan: Plurk's biggest drawback at the moment is the lack of an API. I want plurk in twhirl.
  So for now you need another tab in FF :-/
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  Harry

  1 year ago

  @Dennis - yup, when it's working, both tweeting and receiving followed tweets occur via IM (assuming you set that device on).
  
  I've been playing with ping.fm and it allows me to post to both twitter and plurk via IM (to ping.fm's bot) and that get's me halfway there, but not being able to receive is a bummer - I feel like I'm talking to myself.
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  Dan

  11 months ago

  I used Plurk for a week and then noticed people just getting pissed off with it and leaving. Twitter is a forgiving old bird.... taking you back after you've cheated on her.
  
  I also was quite put off Plurk by the number of 13 and 14 year olds on it.
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  Amber S

  10 months ago

  Rejaw.
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  patent assistance worldwide

  6 months ago

  Very interesting post. Will definately bookmark this blog to check back later.
  Thanks!
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  The Seo Blog

  6 months ago

  Nice post. Have added you on RSS to keep myself updated.
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  grandonk

  5 months ago

  plurk is better as twitter alternatives
  have used it for few weeks and i'm happy with the result
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  Dennis Bjørn Petersen

  5 months ago

  What did you like about plurk? I'm still not used to it
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  Shop Fitting

  5 months ago

  Pownce looks like a fierce competitor to Twitter. It's about time Twitter had a run for the money.
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  SEO

  4 months ago

  Plurk has really come up with good innovative idea.. But I guess still it won’t overcome twitter.. May be the reason is that people have become addicted towards twitter and it would take a long time to make its position stable in the market.. But if they keep on bringing new innovations in their application, no doubt would soon cross twitter..
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  Cheap Textbooks

  4 months ago

  Nothing will ever beat twitter lol
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  Hotels Bangkok

  3 months ago

  Twitter is an established website and even if new sites are better they simply can't replace the older more established website.
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