Comments on: Plurk Joins Twitter and Pownce on Train to Sucksville

By: Is Plurk a bigger whale than Twitter? | Comm Unplugged

Is Plurk a bigger whale than Twitter? | Comm Unplugged — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:03:22 +0000

[...] is now testing the patience of its many users. Since the later half of 2008, it has given its users more and more downtime. Considering the [...]

By: SocialMind

SocialMind — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:00:43 +0000

Hah, gotta love the A-Team SocialMind's last blog post..“Social Plurking?”

By: Bloggeries

Bloggeries — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:23:43 +0000

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!

By: CT Moore

CT Moore — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:08:29 +0000

I hope no one tells Universal TV that they're using that pic. CT Moore's last blog post..Encouraging Number from IRCE 2008

By: micro-blog-obésité at :: DMY ::

micro-blog-obésité at :: DMY :: — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:06:29 +0000

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By: Online Reputation Monitoring is Important For Everyone ..... Yup, Even You - Frank Thinking

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:26:30 +0000

[...] Here’s a great example. The social media craze has a new darling called Twitter. You get 160 or so characters at a clip to tell all of your “followers” what you are up to, what you are thinking or whatever. It’s instant messaging on steroids. Sounds interesting right? Well, one of the most influential proponents of the service, Andy Beal, has taken umbrage (nice word, huh?) with the inconsistency of Twitter’s server availability. In his latest blast at Twitter and some of its lesser cousins, the headline of his post on Marketing Pilgrim from June 9, 2008 says it all “Plurk Joins Twitter and Pownce on Train to Sucksv… [...]

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:50:25 +0000

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

By: Samirb

Samirb — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:20:41 +0000

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. Samirb's last blog post..Blog Comments, A Powerful Tool

By: Symbian

Symbian — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:24:06 +0000

I heard that Twitter uses Amazon Web Services. Then why it's not so reliable? Symbian's last blog post..Nokia S60 Symbian Windows Live client available in Europe

By: Sean Maguire

Sean Maguire — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:57:03 +0000

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!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:37:51 +0000

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

By: Luis Gross

Luis Gross — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:20:51 +0000

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.

Luis Gross’s last blog post..11 Web Design Flaws To Avoid

By: Chris Hooley

Chris Hooley — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:15:46 +0000

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

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:07:18 +0000

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 .. Owen's last blog post..Misleading headlines: Lies, darned lies, and misrepresented statistics

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:49:59 +0000

@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.

By: Jason Peck

Jason Peck — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:48:26 +0000

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... Jason Peck's last blog post..Hyatt Summerfield Suites Renderings

By: Jayson

Jayson — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:35:25 +0000

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.

By: trexpenn

trexpenn — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:30:18 +0000

Yup. I got the same error screen too.