Comments on: Plurk Community: You’re Doing it Wrong

By: Net Age | Web Design

Net Age | Web Design — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:10:33 +0000

What can I say – Karma is a bitch – it has just been proven so again

OK, jokes aside all I have to say is that if you do not listen to your community, and can not accommodate the majority of them with even a minor modification, then you’re doing something wrong. By demanding time in this manner you’ll soon lose your audience, and this is apparent in the sad tale of Plurk.

Adapt or die, as it is a dog eat dog internet world out there. If you can not keep your audience happy they’ll find something else that will, and quick too. Crowds are notoriously fickle, even more so online, as they can communicate more effectively…..

By: Brian Wallace

Brian Wallace — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:10:54 +0000

@Francois: to be constantly Plurking is too unreasonable. Do you think Twitter would be as successful as it is today if you lost followers if you didn’t Tweet every 10 hours?

@Max: so you don’t mind the whole karma issue?

By: max celibataire

max celibataire — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:46:08 +0000

I still use Plurk, and Im happy about it. The thing is, we can find so many different things today that there is one adapted to each of us. I think...! .-= max celibataire´s last blog ..Eviter les disputes, c’est dur ! =-.

By: Francois Talens

Francois Talens — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:57:30 +0000

Some influential people are still using Plurk for their career, but some losses their interest in Plurking. The karma results can be very discouraging to Plurkers out there. Imaging by just being inactive within a short period of time, you might lose your karma value. On the other hand, this can be a good strategy for the Plurk admin. At least they can push all Plurkers to consistently be active in plurking, otherwise, their karma value will decrease. .-= Francois Talens´s last blog ..Causes of Arthritis and Risk Factors =-.

By: Tanner Christensen

Tanner Christensen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:05:35 +0000

Niall has a good point.

These networks (and everyone else, for that matter) needs to remember: if you try to make everyone happy, you’ll only end up making nobody happy.

By: Brian Wallace

Brian Wallace — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:41:08 +0000

@thatjonjackson: it’s really a shame – had been a fun place to hang out – and its real-timeness. Alexa indicates that Plurk is still on the rise, but then again, Alexa lists Twitter as the 13th largest site

By: thatjonjackson

thatjonjackson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:29:08 +0000

i agree @nowsourcing, karma is the reason i left plurk. i actually made some pretty good and influential friends over there. (any of my old friends, i was @desigu so hit me up on twitter) anyway i’m with you on this post.

By: Brian Wallace

Brian Wallace — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:27:13 +0000

@Niall: thanks for stopping in. I’d say that Seesmic has made good on its community with Seesmic desktop – their web and desktop app versions seem to be stable and are one of the better multi user Twitter/Facebook updating tools. In fact, if you look at overall marketshare of Twitter apps, they are toward the top. And yeah, I still don’t get what the Plurk email was about.

By: Niall Harbison

Niall Harbison — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:58:59 +0000

I do agree that you have to listen to your community but look at Seesmic. They spent about 2 years doing nothing but listen to their community and they got a service that was totally messed up and didn’t work in any way. Sometimes you have to ignore what your community say and go with what you think works. Do Facebook listen to their community? Look where they are!

Agree with your point though that all members should get an email and not just the people who heven’t been back in a while. That is just dumb