the timeline that shows the original question and all the answers; no other platform does that (well, except FB); and Plurk seems to have drawn the people who want conversations without drama

I rather like plurk (as opposed to twitter), unfortunately it has not really taken off where I live.

snorkelbuddy i agree absolutely. but i want to probe deeper - how did this synthesis of like-minded people occur? Simply because of the interface? I'm kinda hesitant to believe that -

i've been on Plurk since its very early days and i remember the community effort that went into it. Plurk was the only network where you could say "hi" and people would say hi back. It was (and is) great.

but as you, Silverelf, point out, Plurk hasn't really taken off (in most places). what happened?

one of the reasons for this is, i believe, Plurk's development sort of whimpered and (almost) died. the interface needs an upgrade - desperately. i had mentioned all this to amir a long time ago, but i guess

he had other things on his plate. (FYI, amir was the principal dev of Plurk).

(holy cow, Amir doesn't even have a Plurk account anymore! that's not his profile!)

No, he went on to other things a couple of years ago

snorkelbuddy so who is "running" Plurk now?

not really sure to tell you the truth