You're lucky you said to exclude the issues. Not a day goes by when Twitter doesn't have a down moment.

I'm aware of that, but I feel that the scaling issues are obvious. I'm looking at feature to feature, service to service analysis.

I really enjoy the interface of Plurk over all. While the scroll left/right is a bit annoying, it gives it more of a community feel.

as though plurk relies more on a gimmick, though.

Its ok but I wish you couldsearch for people, like in twitter.

I agree with jamiecroft

agrees as well. Searching for friends is very difficult. I just posted a blog entry about Plurk vs. Twitter.

she likes plurk as a once daily stop, but not a constantly monitored website like Twitter.

how can you limit yourself to once daily with Plurk? I've been trying to write a blog post for 9 hours now.

I don't find it very difficult. I don't really know anyone Plurk and I find the left to right timeline to be cumbersome.

I check a few replies and leave. With Twitter, I have Twhirl on constantly. I can be downstairs and hear the reply ding and come a-runnin!

it's the layout that I don't like, and that seems fundamental to Plurk. Plus, it seems more "chat-roomy" to me than Twitter.

And I don't like the karma at all--emphasis of "being popular" instead of having access to use as you will just b/c you are a user.

I definitely dislike the karma thing. It makes me feel as though the creators were worried people would leave.