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The #SNS the made #SocialMedia fun, #Plurk, is hiring.

https://www.cakeresume.com/companies/plurk/jobs/pulang-devops-software-engineer

I hope this is for implementing #ActivityPub and joining the #Fediverse network.

A bit of history for those not familiar with it, Plurk launched on 2008-05-12; six days before Evan sent the first post in the Fediverse (2008-05-18). Yes, Plurk and the Fediverse network are 16 years old already.

Plurk have these features:

1. Horizontal timeline. You scroll horizontally to see older posts.
2. Karma. The more active you are, the more points you'll get, it unlocks some cool stuff like new emojis; and of course bragging rights.
3. It tracks Profile views, and Friends invited.
4. Separated “Friends” (two-way / mutual) from “Fans” (one-way; you are not following them back).
5. Have various badges that a user earns over time. Because why not? Who doesn't love badges?! I love badges!
6. You can customized your profile. Check my account for example: https://www.plurk.com/Laibcoms That is not the default Plurk profile design.
7. You can give “Plurk Coins” to users (this was recent [by a few years]). You can use it for yourself or reward others for their excellent content.
8. You can post “anonymously” (private or public).
9. Visibility options are: the whole world; custom (list, individuals, friends only); only me.
10. Comment options are: the whole world; friends; myself.
11. Resharing/boosting can be turned-off.
12. An option to mark post as “Adults Only”.
13. And many more…

(Some of the above features are available in some Fediverse software; either in mainline or forks. [And in some cases, a fork removes a feature from mainline.])

I truly want Plurk to join the Fediverse network. They'll show the fediverse community that you can design things differently and add other “cool” features as well. We don't need to stick to the tired design of #Twitter , #Facebook , #Instagram . ^_~

@plurkofficial