Social Media & Digital Marketing in Singapore

Why Plurk Over Twitter #4: Closer/More Intimate Conversations

This week I’ve highlighted my move to Plurk as well as reasons #1-3 of why I’m choosing Plurk over Twitter at this point in time.

Reason #4 today is closer and more intimate conversations and deeper connections on Plurk.

@ntt notes an accurate statement today on Twitter.

But in the two or three days that I’ve been using Plurk, I’ve found that proper intellectual discussion is not what draws me to Plurk yet. It’s the ongoing, close conversations that are a great selling point. I’m not the only one who thinks so, Nicole and Kat from Veribatim have made the same observations, with more than 20 responses between them.

I’ve noted previously that we’re going to come full circle and get back to using chat because quite simply, the one-to-one of MSN and IM doesn’t do it. On the social web, we want many-to-many.

Facebook chat might have done it, but it blew it’s chance with it’s inability to talk to multiple people at the same time. Now it seems Plurk may be it. I talked about Twitter being the new social water cooler, but even Twitter can’t have a single conversation on mini PCs with almost 60 responses.

The dynamics behind Plurk are very different and the building of relationships is hugely valuable. I see discussions on brands, customer service, the Wii, the Singapore Flyer and much more. All of which are invaluable for companies and/or organisations looking for real time, frank and honest feedback about their company, brand, product or service.

On a side note, I have 85 friends on Plurk now, that’s about 1/3 of my Twitter network, if you haven’t yet connected with me there, please do at http://plurk.com/user/uniquefrequency.

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