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Keeping with the whole Twitter theme (from my earlier post), I wanted to talk about a few sites out there that are kind of like Twitter & may possibly one day become the great “Twitter killer”.
I don’t know about you, but I am getting kind of sick & tired of Twitter & all the hype & daily talk of it. Yet, Twitter is so widely used now, that I feel I have to use it; everything seems to revolve around it.
I do feel that Twitter is a great marketing & networking tool as well as a great tool for having public group conversations. I just feel that everyone is becoming obsessed & I’m just hoping that I don’t fall into the trance as well.
“Noun. plurk (plüer-kh) – A really snazzy site that allows you to showcase the events that make up your life in deliciously digestible chunks.
Verb. plurk (plüer-kh) – To chronicle the events of your always on, action-packed, storybook, semi-charmed kinda life.”
I’ve been hearing so much about Plurk lately that I already think that it’s starting to take over Twitter, what about you? I guess I’m one of the few who hasn’t joined yet. My reasoning is simply because I keep hearing the name so much that it has turned me off. Plurk’s timeline is set up horizontally as opposed to Twitter’s vertical timeline, which is one thing that a lot of people are finding easier to keep up with. I’m still wondering though, why so many people are loving Plurk so much. Care to share?
“Jaiku’s main goal is to bring people closer together by enabling them to share their activity streams. An activity stream is a log of everyday things as they happen: your status messages, recommendations, events you’re attending, photos you’ve taken – anything you post directly to Jaiku or add using Web feeds.”
I am a member of Jaiku & to be honest, I don’t login too often. I basically see Jaiku as free promotion for any RSS that I want to import there. With the ability to import RSS feeds, what’s the point of logging in & actually updating your status there? I see none.
“Pownce is a way to send stuff to your friends. What kind of stuff? You can send just about anything: music, photos, messages, links, events, and more. You can do it all on our web site, or install our lightweight desktop software that lets you get out of the browser.”
I am a member of Pownce & I use it quite often. I really like Pownce because it’s easy to share links, notes, images & videos with your friends. Pownce is also great because it allows posts longer than 140 characters. Admit it, sometimes 140 characters (what Twitter forces you to do) just isn’t enough. Pownce is also integrated in quite a few applications like Flock browser, Pownce IM, Socialthing & HelloTxt, just to name a few.
“MoodMill is a social mood management website. It’s a personal mood management, a log, a quick ‘n easy website for managing and sharing your short logs with your contacts.”
I haven’t joined MoodMill yet but, it seems from the public timeline that the site is a little slow paced right now. Looking at the publick timeline, I see that the last Mood was posted 4 hours ago. I do like the look though & I like the fact that you can attach an actual mood to your note.
“Podobo is a website designed to allow you to express your random thoughts, linked by tags, to other thoughts by users all over the world.”
I am pretty amazed at this site, maily because it’s run by only one person. I don’t know if you’re familiar with Mappr but Podobo
“Hictu is the first service for video microbloggers, who can create for free their own microblog with small posts (containing text, audio and video), personalize their public profiles, manage a presence-enabled friend list, meet new friends.”
Hictu already has one up on Twitter since it allows you to post videos in your actual posts. You can also posts videos straight from your webcam, that’s a big plus. I can definitely see Hictu as being one of Twitter’s biggest competitors.
“Let your friends and family experience and follow your life…as it happens. Share what you’re doing from the web, or capture your experiences in real-time using your phone.”
Spotjots adds a map screenshot to your posts. I’m not sure how that works but I’m wondering what happens to people who don’t want their location disclosed; some people are very private. I guess Spotjots is more about finding people around you & finding out where you friends are. The timeline setup is pretty much like Twitter though.
“Utterz lets you create and follow discussions with friends or people with similar interests. Utterz can be audio, video, pictures and text. You can create or join a discussion from any mobile phone or computer.”
From first glance, Utterz definitely looks like a site that can become as addicting as Twitter. As-a-matter-of-fact, they seem to be setup the same way. One advantage is that Utterz let’s you view all the members page by page, making it easier to see who’s on the site. Utterz uses the “@ system” just like Twitter & even allows cross-posting to other social networking sites. I smell a definite Twitter rival.
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there are always going to be copycats but usually the originals cant be beat…besides there is enough loyalty to be spread, lol
I checked out hictu and want to join, but they require that a current member of hictu invite you. How on earth did they start if new members have to be invited by current members? Weird. Are you a member? I need to be invited!
Hi iStone, no I’m not a member of Hictu. That is very strange though. They must have started out with a select few of people & grew from there. Maybe you can ask around on Twitter.
Hey thanks for mentioning my site even if you were trying to put it down. I think you should research a little more thought ….
you said:
http://www.twitterkiller.com/ – A wannabe Twitter killer that killed itself?
I just bought this domain and I am doing a webinar series for free. giving twitter training to people and businesses that are looking to find out about twittering. The webinars are of some of the top and most effective tweeters. I am collecting everyone’s questions now and it hasn’t even taken place yet…..so how could it have killed itself?
so I thought maybe someone before me who I bought the name from….checked the archive and no. no site has ever been up there. ever.
so I think there is alot of confusion and miss information spread on the web nowadays because anyone can post anything.
hope this straightens this out and if you our you readers have a question on how to twitter feel free to post it on the site
http://tinyurl.com/free-twitter-help .
thanks for the mention
Just came across your site and got registered at Plurk. Its seems pretty good and I really like the feel as everything is sideways plus the profile is at the bottom.
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Every little bit helps and you never know what one more site of exposure can accomplish for you. I will definitely have to check out!
I dont know about all this sites you are showing down, i dont like twitter, i dont have an account jet, but like to try other one not so saturated like twitter.
Thanks for the alternatives.
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WOW…thanks for the list…it did help me to get some instant traffic…can you list out more sites like this??
I truly enjoy this blog. Discovered it on Google and you posted some great information. Look forward to the next post.
Hi. found this through yahoo. just wanted to let you know that part. but um, thanks for the article. It’s good to know.
What kind of blogger would I be if I was always nice & wasn’t honest? Although, I don’t think that was a put down, especially since it’s ending in a question mark.
It’s working for me! Maybe it was down that day? Try again.
Oright Thanks