minifig
is
of the opinion that the jury's out on Plurk still, pretty (and weird) though it is. 
solobasssteve
thinks
It'll take a while for Plurk to catch up with its massive influx of users. We'll see ge it evolves with us 
mhuffman
says
It's actually a fun web-app... a little better than Twitter, IMO.
solobasssteve
thinks
Plurk takes up a lot of time. It's not ambient at all. You can 'do plurk' for an hour, or ignore it, it doesn't sit in the background...
Should I be wishing you happy birthday? blog.wired.com/geekdad/2...
The secret to having fun on Plurk is to find people with similar interests 
Put your hobbies in your profile and you may get more people to notice you