Vastness of You - Plurk Me No More
As I made the change to my blog to reflect an invitation to Plurk, I found myself in an exchange about Plurk via Twitter. Here is the exchange:
Could I give up Twitter? Nope. That’s why I can’t bring myself to invest in Plurk. I can’t afford another inbox.
with my response:
you have greater reserves than you think, you only have to accept the vastness of what has been invested in you. ;->
As I reflected on my flip response, I was shocked to find it resonated enough to craft a blog entry. It made me appreciate the value of inspiration flowing through different media.
Perhaps it is the timbre of emptiness, the vacuousness of thought in my flip remark, but I felt compelled to craft an entry. Before I began, I slipped into Plurk to share a link to my latest blog entry—having re-arranged my social media flow to start with Plurk rather than anything else—and stumbled over these remarks about Plurk:
- Plurk is always like this, whenever I feel bogged down in my district someone here gives me the spark I need to light a fire under my students!
- conversations are great on here!
- I love all the conversations…it’s addicting. I still new to plurk and these conversations are letting me see the true benefits.
- On Twitter I felt like I never got a response to questions or if I did I really had to watch for the answers. I also felt like many conversations were happening but I was only getting parts of it so it was confusing. Here you don’t have to be friends with everyone that is part of a conversation but can still follow the discussion. This one started yesterday but we can still continue it now. I have even started a plurk account for my class to interact with other classes.
- Twitter is for the mutual patting on the back crowd. Plurk is perfect for me.
- I also like Plurk more than Twitter. It is much easier to follow conversations and get responses.
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by social media tools…the output of these can make us feel inadequate to the task of managing it all. Perhaps that’s why we see some expressing the opinion that it’s easier to “follow conversations and get responses” in Plurk, as opposed to Twitter.
Social media can also establish pools of quiet reflection, where we may, with others so inclined, recline and ponder what has been shared. Such pools of diversity are rich in ideas because they allow individuals to share what they are thinking rather than being focused on just sharing content.
As a writer, I seek an audience. But now more than ever, I seek an audience that discusses what I’ve written, and more importantly, allows me to think about what others are sharing. It makes sharing more of a reciprocal dialogue than a casting bread on the waters.
What about for you? Consider the following “deep” conversations…
- on Plurk - What are the essential ingredients for helping people experience a personal renaissance? (KevinH asks)
- on Twitter - Project-based Learning conversation
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