The social media buzzword of the moment is micro-blogging and you get to choose from Jaiku, Pownce, twitter, Plurk, or even BrightKite to fulfill all your micro-blogging needs. But what does it all add up to? What can micro-blogging be used to do? Is it an effective Internet Marketing tool that will stick? Or is it just a fad?
Lumping all of the platforms into one, and making a generalization would be wrong, so I’ll consider the three I’m most familiar with; Twitter, Plurk, and BrightKite.
It’s already understood that branding is important; whether it be showing your logo, face, or name as much as you can to build recognition. But social media has created the possibility for a new type of branding, the idea of tying your site to your personality.
Plurk’s karma system is just one of the things that differentiates it from Twitter, and I like to think in a good way.
I’m a huge fan of Plurk [my profile], but I’ve been thinking, that the karma system is definitely a mixed blessing.
The Good
The quest for higher karma creates active users, that Plurk often and [...]
Yes today is a Plurk day, it just is such an amazing tool. So let’s talk about an interesting feature that Plurk has, the concept of Karma.
What is Karma
Here’s what we know for sure about Karma, the higher your Karma the higher your worth to the community and your influence with Plurk. With that in [...]
If you have no idea what Plurk is, you’re definitely missing out. It’s a great tool, similar to Twitter, but oh so much better. In fact, in the next day or two that Twitter button under my RSS button will be switching over to Plurk, as I make the move.
So what exactly is Plurk? It’s [...]