At first glance I thought Plurk was just a twitter clone, however, after spending some time at the site it seems very different than twitter. Plurk is a microblogging application that hit the Bay Area and my Twitter friends feed in a big way today. The application takes the idea of Twitter and microblogging and adds several new features. Your thoughts appear on a timeline along with your friends thoughts. Instead of just “what are you doing” Plurk lets you add verbs like maxkiesler, loves, likes, shares, gives, and many others. The other interesting aspect of Plurk is the gaming aspect. One of the keys to your experience is your “karma points”. These allow you more privileges on the site, such as, expanded profile, instant messaging, and uploading. There are still performance, and feature issues, however, it seems like a good start. “rn “”Visit the Plurk Websitern