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Plurk is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates (otherwise known as plurks) through short messages or links, which can be up to 210 text characters in length (previously 140). Updates are then shown on the user's home page using a timeline, which lists all the updates received in chronological order, and delivered to other users who have chosen to receive them. Users can respond to other users' updates from their timeline through the Plurk.com website, by private or instant messaging, or by text messaging via compatible third party applications. According to Alexa, , 37.1% of Plurk's traffic comes from Taiwan.〔 Plurk is also ranked 49th in Taiwan and 1,975th worldwide.〔(plurk.com - Site Info from Alexa ). Retrieved on March 15, 2012.〕 ==History== Plurk was developed by and envisioned as a communication medium meant to form a balance between blogs and social networks, and between e-mail messaging and instant messaging. After months of development, Plurk was launched on May 12, 2008. The etymology of the name was explained by the developers as such: * abbreviation of 'people' and 'lurk' * portmanteau of 'play' and 'work' * acronym of peace, love, unity, respect, and karma * verb neologism, similar to how Google was eventually used as a verb While it is difficult to track down the names of the creators of Plurk, and the "A-Team" link listed under "creator" leads to a page that lacks any real information, it is known that the current CEO is Danny Lin. In January 2013, it was announced that the company has been headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, while it has landed () undisclosed amount of funding." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Plurk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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