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Plurk Vs Twitter - 5 Features That Will Make You Want To Switch - 0 views

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Plurk features tips conversation commenting sharing

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  • Plurk is a Twitter clone that offers a wealth of features.
  • @User Reply
  • croll over the user comment you wish to reply to and a little menu will appear to the right. Click on the little speech bubble with the red cross to insert the @user code into your responses.
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  • Like Conversations
  • Users can reply to each message and rather than being lost within chronicle updates,
  • replies are kept together within a threaded conversation.
  • can be viewed by category, i.e. all plurks, my plurks, private, and responded.
  • pdates of plurks that were either yours, private, or ones that you had responded to
  • can also like a conversation and subsequently follow its replies.
  • Users can now search conversations and view the hottest links, most plurked videos, and Plurk trends by location and time frame (daily or hourly)
  • Unfortunately, locations are limited to Indonesia, China, Philippines, and Global.
  • improved service. You can upload a photo or – and that’s new – take it straight from your webcam
  • could previously upload and add pictures.
  • With the “Daily Photo” Plurk is setting the stage for microphotoblogging.
  • Developers will love to hear that Plurk has recently released its API platform.
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6 Reasons Why Plurk Beats Twitter - 0 views

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commenting sharing conversation features comparison Plurk Twitter

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  • Compared to Twitter it’s similar but different. Most of all Plurk doesn’t cease to introduce innovations.
  • post is about: differences and new features.
  • updates (plurks) appear on a horizontal timeline
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  • scroll through the timeline you will pass date borders and scrolling over a plurk you’ll see exactly when it was posted.
  • timeline can be filtered for all plurks, my plurks, private (plurks only you received) or responded (plurks you responded to).
  • Updates appear as small previews with a minimized profile photo on the left and the number of replies on the right.
  • To view the whole post you move the mouse over the preview and to view replies you click on it.
  • biggest difference to Twitter
  • there are actual conversations going on since replies are associated with the original update
  • comments are not lost within a long list of chronical updates.
  • next best difference to Twitter. Plurk recognizes links to YouTube, Flickr, TinyPic, ImageShack, and Photobucket and includes them in your update.
  • Plurk now offers status updates for Twitter, Friendster, Facebook, and Multiply.
  • Unfortunately, the integration is only one way
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