The Plurk Rule Book

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The Plurk Rule Book

• 10 Ways to Make Sure Your Plurking Experience is
  Safe and Productive

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1. Only add REAL friends to your friends list - 
We can't stress this enough.  If you don't really
know someone in real life, you should NOT add
them to your friends list or be sharing your
lifestream with them.  2. Limit your friends
list to your closest buddies - Quality over
quantity. Just because you met someone for 3
minutes at a party doesn't mean you should add
them as a buddy on Plurk. It's important that the
things you share on Plurk are shared with people
you know well and are comfortable sharing
information with. Try to keep your friends list
to less than 200 people.  Plurk shouldn't be an
arms race about how many friends you have.
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3. Keep your privacy settings restricted - By
default, Plurk ensures that only you and your
friends are able to see your plurks. While you
have the option of sharing your plurks with
friends of friends (FOF) or the whole world, we
recommend you only use these settings if you are
over 18 and understand the risks that come with
sharing your lifestream with people you may not
know. 4. Try not to plurk more than 30 times a
day - It's annoying. Your friends will start to
hate you and probably stop following your
plurks.  Nobody likes a chatterbox who babbles
about every little thing they do. Limit your
plurks to the more important or interesting
things that happened throughout the day. 
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5. Don't share personal information in your
plurks - Resist the temptation to share personal
information, cell phone numbers, addresses or any
other information in your plurks that you don't
want your friends (or even strangers) to know or
find out.  If you're going on vacation for an
extended period of time, be careful who you share
this with. 6. Make good use of cliques and
individual plurk privacy options - Sometimes you
will find you want to plurk something ONLY to
specific friends on your buddy list. If you're in
a band, you might plurk something only with your
bandmates.  If you're on a soccer team, you might
just want to send a plurk to only friends who are
on your team.   Make good use of buddy clique and
advanced plurk settings to get your plurks to the
people who ought to see them.
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7. Don't make your plurks too long - You're
limited to 140 characters per plurk.  Plurk is
meant to be a good way to share small messages
with the people around you.  If you must write
something longer, find another outlet. 8. Use
the response feature properly - Don't create a
new plurk to respond to an old plurk. If a buddy
is going out to watch a movie tonight and tells
all his friends and you want to join him, add a
response to his original plurk.  Don't
unnecessarily add new plurks when they are
related to another plurk.  You'll help keep your
timeline and dialogues more organized this way.
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9. Be careful what you say about other people in
your plurks - Remember, by default, your plurks
go out to ALL your friends.  Try to refrain from
spamming, spreading rumours or saying offensive
and hurtful things about people.  Keep your plurk
experience positive and use plurk to share things
you're comfortable in sharing with those around
you.  10. Keep it fun  )