• Plurk.com is a microblogging website similar to Twitter and Pownce. Unlike its predecessors, it allows users to view updates in a graphical timeline. Users can post from the Web interface or from AOL Instant Messenger.

• 1. Launched: January 23, 2008
  2. Status: Beta
  3. Function: Microblogging

• Differences from Twitter

  Unlike Twitter, Plurk displays posts on a timeline, which is extremely useful for visually-oriented people. It also provides a pull-down menu which allows users to select specific modifiers. Users can separate their friends into specific groups, called "cliques". The more a Plurker makes use of the service, the more "karma" he or she builds up, which opens up new features on the service. Unlike Twitter, users cannot SMS messages to their timeline.

• Competitors

  1. Twitter
  2. Pownce
  3. Jaiku
  4. Kwippy

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