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Plinky is an online microblogging community where users respond to specific prompts with answers, videos, maps and other media. New prompts are offered each day, and typically take the form of personal questions or requests for opinions. Answers can then be easily shared between online communities, such as a user's Twitter account, Facebook profile or Tumblr blog.
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Fast Facts
- Launched on January 22, 2009
- Founders: Jason Shellen and Simeon Simeonov
- CEO: Jason Shellen
- CEO Shellen formerly worked on Google Reader, Blogger and LiveJournalCNET News: Meet Plinky, an eclectic Q&A service (January 22, 2009)
- Responses known as "plinks"Mashable: Plinky Offers a New Twist on Microblogging (January 22, 2009)
- Users can suggest their own prompts
- Users can "subscribe" to one another's response streams, in the style of Twitter or FriendFeedCNET News: Meet Plinky, an eclectic Q&A service (January 22, 2009)
- Polaris Venture Partners has invested $1.5 million in PlinkyLouis Gray: Plinky Launches With Prompts to Spur Stuck Bloggers (January 22, 2009)
- Answers can be directly exported to WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, LiveJournal, TypePad and Xanga
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Theo on La Roux: " she's so shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. it's not music. it's whining with some plinky plonky electro shit" truth.
@goodbye_tonight | November 11, 2009 07:12 PM -
A nightmare that won't go away: Jools Holland playing honky tonky plinky plonky piano along to Jimmy Ruffin
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List the advice you give to a friend getting over a bad breakup. http://plinky.com/prompts/306 #breakupadvice
@plinkyprompts | November 11, 2009 01:18 PM -
Black is my one: http://plinky.com/links/XrD #12monthcolor
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I'm really surprised Plinky doesn't have Facebook Connect, it would seem like a natural fit.
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Travelin' Songs
Song list: I. Plugged: 1 Just One Dane 2 They Don't Write Songs for Losers Anymore 3 Captivated II. Unplugged (And Way Alone): 4 Travelin' Song 5 Message of Love 6 Twin Sister Serenade 7 Six Pack Attack 8 Dirty Woman 9 Too Many Nights Away ...
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View All Plinky Questions (2) | Ask a QuestionDoes anyone on here use Plinky? Is it worth signing up for? (5 Answers)I tried it out and answered the first question - it took way longer than I expected, but maybe that's just me... (they introduced it like it would only take ... read moreHave you tried www.plinky.com ? (2 Answers)I'm not sure it stands a chance. Social networking sites, even with a modest amount of users, use a fair amount of bandwidth and require constant attention by developers to ... read more
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