This week, our survey covers the micro-blogging service Plurk and Twitter. According to stats shown by Google Trends, the Philippines is ranked #3 visitor of Plurk.com worldwide.
Okay, it used to be #2 until Taiwan took that spot from us. On the other hand, we’re nowhere in the top 10 for Twitter.com.
Then again, between Plurk and Twitter, Plurk seems to be the more preferred choice among Filipinos. It’s yet unknown why this is so but if you look at the average profile of a Plurk user and a Twitter user, you will see the age range is much lower with Plurk.
The Philippines doesn’t normally follow the social networking trends in the US. We’re into Friendster more than Facebook, into Plurk more than Twitter, into LiveJournal and Multiply than WordPress and Blogger.
So our poll this week aims to answers some of these questions — Which micro-blogging tool do you favor? Plurk or Twitter?
Please send your answers to the poll section on the right and leave a comment here if you want to add something.
twitter – celebrities use twitter
plurk – for nobody lol
I use twitter..XD
Hey I prefer/use Twitter, Facebook, AND Blogger! =D
Also, I like MSN over YM, anytime. ^^,
I have both, but I prefer Twitter.
twitter.
PLURK and replies owns twitter anyday
friendster is dying, facebook will win
wordpress > livejournal, blogspot/blogger, or any blog
Twitter: conanhughes
says:
I recently use Twitter. I never even heard of plurk until I voted on the poll. As for blogging, I’d rather have a Blogger account than other ones mentioned. I used to have a Multiply accounts as well, but I recently deleted it. It is so tedious for me to log in to these many sites when they’re all under the same social networking idea. Currently, I only have a Twitter and a Google Sites account for my social networking needs.
I use plurk with close friends and our ‘plurks’ turns out to be just like ym conferences. It gives more chance for conversing as compared to twitter.
Twitter’s members are more global, and best used for news feeds.
Friendster is going down. It’s old and gets to be annoying.
I have an account for each of them. But, I stick to Twitter. Yeah, Plurk has more benefits. Plurk is more interactive. However, we must remember that Plurk is (kumbaga) clone ng Twitter. Whoever made Plurk must have been inspired by Twitter.
Tsaka, mas astig ang twitter kasi mismo mga celebrities sa hollywood. as in mga A-list celebrities prefer twitter. As a matter of fact, celebrities’ updates in twitter are one of the primary sources of talk shows/reporters/paparazzs.
It’s really difficult to compare both. They’re not rivals. In fact, you can still update your twitter through Plurk. dba?
it’s nice na may mga micro-blogging sites na ganito:)) let’s have it thought in a positive ways so that walang nagcclash.
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*in a positive way.
Seriously how large is the population of twitter users here in the Philippines?
Around 10k daily uniques, according to Google Trends.
my first time to hear plurk, really.
i would rather prefer twitter than pluk cuz its neat. haha
honestly, my first time to hear plurk. haha. (no, really)
And, i would rather prefer twitter than plurk cus it’s neat.
I prefer twitter..It’s easier to use for me ha
I also have a plurk account but I rarely use it
Hunihan.com Just discovered a new twitter/plurk for pinoys.
Plurk is lovingly fun because of the emoticons. Twitter is lovingly straightforward and simple.
I have accounts on both, but since none of my friends have a plurk account, I decided to use my twitter account more.
I’m still keeping my plurk account. I’ve started to meet new friends there.
But like what I said, my friends are on twitter, so I might as well stay with it.
Wherever they are, of course, that’s where I’m gonna be! That’s the sole purpose of it all. To communicate with friends.
Twitter: madse13
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I have both accounts but I’m most addicted to Twitter because I can send tweets thru SMS
but still update my PLURK as possible as I can. I think Facebook is more popular now than Friendster. As for blogs, I have accounts in Multiply, LJ, WordPress and blogger.
Twitter: la__reine
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Plurk sucks!
Twitter: la__reine
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No one PLurks! LOL
STFU, People! Plurk is a lot better than twitter becaulse of the side-scrolling timeline, karma system and friends list.
twitter!