Plurk even said it was too busy to post this post.

yes - and I have just had my first downtime - it was only for a few second and there was a error message - but should we be afraid??

I just think we're seeing the early scaling issues that all services see.

as Plurk gets bigger there's a real danger that it will be a new Twitter

I'll be giving Plurk a go for the next week to see how it works out, and fits my usage patterns.

good idea

Plurk is a good thing to play with when Twitter is down

Of course, it will only be as useful as "who else" is using it.

Plurk is a good thing to play with when Twitter is down

just got two errors - one stating that this plurk is deleted...

I'd seen that "deleted" message too.