the verb choices also help to reduce length.

his plurks are to trigger conversation rather than just give updates

Plurk is more informal than Twitter

I agree with Morton, Plurk is a lot less formal. The threads help make the conversation more relaxed and natural.

i think it's okay to have shorter plurks here than on Twitter as you're "spamming" a conversation rather than someone's timeline

not to say spamming is bad, unless it's a true spammer

one more thing, i think on plurk, lots of chatter is good, but on twitter, it's considered spamming.

agrees with daysies - you would quickly fill up the stream with replies on Twitter

I know mine are

i agree with Morton Fox

I agree plurking is way better and a lot more fun

after observing everyone's pluks, I would agree.

so would a 140 plurk be a ploosh?

yes it would be a ploosh