okay so basically we can start a conversation in here

and it's like AIM..... except the number at the side will go red when there's a new reply, and it will list how many there are. And instead of being just visible to me it's visible to anyone.

okay yes i see

whoo

Cool, awesome

okay so it basically runs horizontally, like a timeline, newer plurks will show up on the left, older ones will be to the right

anyone you are friends with, their plurks should show up on your timeline so it's probably just a whole mess of me rambling right now yeah?

yup pretty much

cool

also you can add GIFS to use for REACTIONS because that's what gifs are for

so for instance: my PLURK SKILLS are RUSTY yes

OH GOD I AM LIKE A CAVE MAN HERE. cave lady. I'm just going to go sharpen some stones into arrowheads

Nooo it's fine come back

also are you typing 'says' every time or is it doing that for you?

oh it was doing that for me. there, i unclicked it

okay neato

other things would be adding a profile picture I guess.... I announced your presence so sorry for the DELUGE OF FRIEND REQUESTS

paints cave art look, a mammoth

Oh I know!

yeah so asterisks get you italics

if you @ someone's username they will get an email saying HEY SOMEONE MENTIONED YOU GO LOOK AT THE THING

noticed that

it's called 'pinging' generally and you only do it when you think someone isn't reading and you're talking about something relevant to them

so like when I mentioned you

you'll see a little yellow box near the bottom that says "X number new plurks" and "X number new responses

if you click that it will only show you the plurks with new stuff in them

Hello. =)

We will be gentle, I promise.

hiiiiiiii!

So if you look at the little creepy yellow smiley

beneath where you type shit

it has emotes, it says basic set, extra set, my emoticons, that's where you can upload gifs

they have to be 48 x48, I can have people make a giant post of emotes if you want to steal from them

yessss that would be a good thing

also yes hellooo everyone

Also sometimes

often

Plurk gets drunk and will hide replies from you

there is ...no solution to this

yes that can happen sometimes it is buggy as fuck

AND if you add a profile pic

your karma will go up, which is kind of useless except you get neat little perks for reaching certain levels

more emotes and whatnot

one thing that can be confusing: people's usernames (what you use to summon them) are often not the same as display names

....I'M SORRY MINE IS SO LONG

Everyone is just like, Lynn you bastard why

so sharky above is lynn's display name but to summon her i have to scrawl SILVERYCITIBANKLIGHTS in blood on a wall

And draw my sigil, yes.

And sacrifice a baby unicorn

ohhh nooo the baby unicorns

Oh

Would you like to know how to do links?

I found that really confusing when I first started out.

yes, definitely

okay, it is like so

(without asterisks, i'm just putting them in so plurk doesn't TURN it into a link)

* your text goes here *

....and yet it did that anyway.

let's try this again

www [DOT] link [DOT] come (your text goes here)

dot come

oh no

well

this explains much of me.

lolll

Eww. I just washed my screen.

....are "lynn's plurk contents" a legitimate warning yet by the way

so wait do i actually do the parenthesis?

yes :3

so this should be a link

there you go!

yayyy

masterfully done :>

Also images will just show up as images, you don't need to link those.

you can just copy paste the URL.

jess is this you

no this is me

also yes

What a fine mustache --I'd say I'd get out but

that never works.

you should make 70s porn colin your profile pic

just saying

one emote you'll definitely want is this one: people use it to label game stuff

nooo wait lemme find that picture of callum blue i pasted a mustache on, ill use that

yes perfect

There we go, fitzstache in place

OH MY GOD yes

how well I remember that stache

now that you are here I will regale people even more than before of RP MOMENTS OF YESTERYEAR

lolll

and oh no there's too much

though fitz was always like 50% angst and 50% ridiculous

i.e. the greatest