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: yoedelbarrio
says:
Used to plurk, switched to twitter..Lost interest in plurk after some time. Like what the others said, Plurk is fun..at first then eventually gets old (just like friendster and myspace).
The single, vital thing that Plurk has that Twitter doesn’t is replies grouped under the original plurk. And that’s what makes Plurk better than Twitter. (Don’t care for karma and all the cute stuff.) When Plurk gets an API, it’ll be hard to beat.
Twitter: killrfillr
says:
mas ok ang twitter saken..but im planning to have a plurk account din..hehe
nakakatawa tong video na to for twitter http://snipr.com/fcaxo!hehe
Twitter: sugodcom
says:
Plurk is dominated by Philippine users based on my account. I receive msgs in tagalog.. ayos!!
I like facebook.
http://watchonlinestream.blogspot.com/
ma try nga yung plurk.
My answer goes to where good content is aggregated…Twitter. =]
Twitter: mparazgmail.com
says:
Here’s a great analysis of Plurk vs Twitter from Pinoy Web 2.0 maverick Luis Buenaventura.
For me, it’s Twitter because the influential people are there – almost all abroad, right now, but the number of locals is slowly increasing. Plurk on the other hand seems like a chatroom and I don’t have much time for that.
facebook!
twitter is the best for me.
I never really got the hang of Twitter. I agree with the comments about Twitter being more about publishing, vs. Plurk being about conversations.
And I still have to find the twitter interface that is as interesting as Plurk.
Plurk has APIs already I think. That’s why there’s phplurk and autoplurk. Plus, yea, I get to update my twitter and Facebook in one go using plurk.
Go Plurk!
facebook + twitter. i use twitter because all my friends in the states are on twitter. twitter is big in the US because almost everyone has an unlimited data plan which allows for easy minute to minute updating via blackberries, iphones, etc. i also use it to update my facebook status and so i get responses both ways. for me as a fil-am, its a way for me to avoid homesickness. and it is also kind of cool when every now and then, people like demi moore, shaq, baron davis, p diddy, talib kweli, layla kayleigh, and other celebs actually respond to my tweets haha
btw – is there a good provider with an unlimited 3G data plan in metro manila for cells here in the PI.. i would like to get my blackberry off the prepaid sims and onto postpaid but only if the data is unlimited
twitter.com/ed_pascasio
Twitter: ramfree17
says:
Twitter for short updates, tumblr for medium-length, spur of the moment mini-blog posts.
For commercial/company-centric socializing I use yammer.com.
ciao!
I use YehBA* http://www.yehba.com to update my plurk. Before twitter also have the add bot feature.
Just add the plurk bot bot@plurk.com to your YehBA* contact then you can update it on your mobile phone.
I can also update my facebook, myspace, fs and more…
i don’t use plurk or twitter. i don’t even have a friendster account.
I will be posting all my updates this hollyweek via mobile IM yehba. Mamatay kayo sa ingit.
Twitter: sylv3rblade
says:
ah I forgot to add
you can use plurk to update your facebook AND twitter AND multiply accounts all at once.
PLURK!
Sa lahat ng fans ko d2 i-yehba http://www.yehba.com ko lahat ng updates and photo upload sa facebook, myspace, plurk, twitter, jaiku, tumblr, imified, friendfeed, and many more.
at sa lahat ng maniac magtino kayo. hollyweek remember behave!
My opinion is that, Twitter is perfect for business use, while Plurk is more suitable for casual social use.
twitter for me
I consider them as two entirely different entities under the same category (micro-blogging).
Twitter is more like a newsletter for stuff like announcements, updates and more. Interaction occurs only between the twit author and his audience.
Plurk functions as a mini-forum, engaging discussions among your friends on any topic you could think of (and therefore interact with each other).
Or you could also see them in this way:
Twitter = formal
Plurk = informal
Twitter.
I’m not a Filipino, but I use Twitter. I mainly use Twitter to help get traffic to my blog.
Plurk sounds interesting, but I just don’t want more online “stuff” to be involved with.
Here’s something I posted today about Twitter and blogging:
http://www.beginnerbloggertips.com/2009/04/twitter-three-benefits-to-bloggers.html
Both Twitter and Plurk — the former for American contacts and friends, and the latter for local friends. I use both to post little updates on what I’m working on, and besides, they’re both handy when I have something to say is too small to be posted on a blog.