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Plurk Joins Twitter and Pownce on Train to Sucksville

posted on June 9, 2008


Over the weekend, I teased Pownce because it too proved to be as unreliable as Twitter. Well, with all the buzz the upstart Plurk is getting, I felt it only fair to share this with you.

While I, and others, continue to moan about Twitter’s reliability. It’s important to know that the grass is not any greener.


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  • http://www.trexreviews.com trexpenn

    Yup. I got the same error screen too.

  • http://www.newhomessection.com Jayson

    Wow – maybe they think downtime is success?? I can’t believe this is happening to all 3 – I just read a post stating the Plurk is ready to go the distance…maybe they just thought they were.

  • http://www.northhillsbuzz.com Jason Peck

    I know it sucks when services like these are down but you still have to remember that they’re only in infancy. Yeah, it’d be nice if they were 100% reliable but give them some time. Of course it shouldn’t take as much time as it has Twitter to work out kinks…

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  • http://www.marketingpilgrim.com Andy Beal

    @Jason I agree. Heck, even Google’s services crash and burn now and then. I’m not here to diss so much, but to point out that other services suffer just as much as Twitter. :-)

  • http://mba-geek.com Owen

    I had started to switch towards Plurk, but today Plurk is having issues and Twitter is working reasonably well … so I think it’s back to Twitter being my micro-blogging platform of choice ..

    It doesn’t feel like there’s a serious contender out there ..

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  • http://www.chris-hooley.com Chris Hooley

    I’ve been using both for a few wees now, and in that time experienced roughly 20x the downtime on Twitter than PLURK.

    Chris Hooley’s last blog post..I Wish I Was Good Looking? And Relevant

  • http://www.topbusinessreviews.com Luis Gross

    Who knows when Twitters reliability will get better, as of right now it sucks! I haven’t even bothered with Plurk or Pownce – I don’t know why the names just never really grabbed my attention.

    But I have to agree with Owen on the part that Twitter doesn’t have any serious contenders out
    there.

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  • http://mp3leben.com Tiffany

    Seems it work now…Anyway, does Plurk has something to do with the A Team?

  • Sean Maguire

    New contest – Who can collect the most micro-messaging platform downtime graphics!

    Twitter and Pownce and Plurk – oh my! Twitter and Pownce and Plurk – oh my! I feel like I’m on my way to the Land of Oz and the Wizard is screwing with all of us!

    I’m a fan of Twitter, but it’s treating me like a scorned woman! Someone help!

  • http://symbiancorner.blogspot.com Symbian

    I heard that Twitter uses Amazon Web Services. Then why it’s not so reliable?

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  • http://www.leftthebox.com Samirb

    I don’t think its a question of if they will crash, like you said everything crashes even Google, but it’s more a question for how long. I don’t see Plurk going down for hours on end, or having to shut off features for days, like Twitter has.

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  • http://www.poems.md Ashley

    Yeah, with Twitter you can wait quite a lot for everything get smooth. Sometimes when it goes down, you can wait for hours

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  • http://blog.shareresults.com CT Moore

    I hope no one tells Universal TV that they’re using that pic.

    CT Moore’s last blog post..Encouraging Number from IRCE 2008

  • http://www.bloggeries.com Bloggeries

    That’s blasphemy! Seriously though it did have a few issues in June when it went from ~2000 users to way more almost overnight. I expect plurk to load; twitter I’m expecting a whale!

  • http://www.socialarrow.com SocialMind

    Hah, gotta love the A-Team

    SocialMind’s last blog post..“Social Plurking?”

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