Plurk another Microblog?

I stumbled upon Plurk the other day, a new dare I say it twitter. It is however not to be confused with twitter as it has some genuine distinguishing features.

Data visualization being one of them, yes I know “Data Visualisation” is such a buzzword at the moment with lots of websites pouring money into Java Applets which show information in lots of pretty ways.

Plurk however plots your Plurks into a progressive trend line across the times of the day. The more you participate the more “Karma” you receive.

I’m trying to get to the bottom what you’ll actually receive for really good Karma, however it is a great way to get people involved.

Other features include a ready to drop widget for WP and other popular blogging platforms. I was Mucho impressed by the ease of this, a simple copy and paste of code and re-position in CSS will have your Plurks on your blog in minutes. Although this has been done with twitter I think the ease of use is commendable.

As somebody who hasn’t yet committed to the Microblogging realm I think I’m going to give Plurk a test drive and see how it fits.