rythie
says
it is interesting that most plurks attract several comments where as that doesn't happen or on any other social network I can think of.
dopiaza
thinks
the fact that that comments retain context - i.e. they are displayed alongside the original plurk, is a major factor.
dopiaza
says
comments on twitter are too detached from their context to be of use to anybody.
rythie
says
yeah I absolutely agree
rythie
says
also I think this AJAX, Instant message like interface helps a lot
dopiaza
says
yes, I guess so. There are still a lot of conversations that happen over an extended period of time though
zyrcster
says
yea, it's what attracted me to plurk - it is way easier to talk/chat, without being too demanding (easy to step in/out of stream).
zyrcster
says
too vbad the plurks devs are so... um. I better shut up while I'm ahead. 
yeah and you can step away from it for a while and have a real chance at catching up.
replies don't take up space in the stream.
easy to just skim original topics and only read deeper where interested.
plurk did a couple things really well, the rest... eh. But it's those couple things that have kept me around.