As a quick followup to my last post on my experimentation with Plurk I thought I’d do a quick analysis of the top 10 Plurk Users (as currently rated on the Interesting page). They are rated there on a basis of their ‘Karma’. There’s no explicit definition of the way that they calculate Karma except:
“Your karma score is directly influenced by you and your friends Plurk activity. The more active you are, the more points you’ll get. Using various features of Plurk such as instant messaging or uploading a profile image will also help. Invite your real friends to boost your karma!”
So lets look at some of the average statistics of the top Plurkers and see what seems to count towards a high Karma:
- # of Plurks – 838
- # of Plur Responses – 3477
- # of Friend Invites – 10.2
- # of Profile Views – 689
- # of Friends – 82
- # of Fans – 56
- Length of time on Plurk – 3 months
- Also worth noting – all of the top 10 had logged in and been active within the last 24 hours. They are all active in the short term as the long term
I was a little surprised by a couple of the numbers. The description of Karma seems to indicate that inviting friends would count for a fair bit – but the average of the top 10 is 10. The most any of them had invited successfully was 20. Having said that – the 9th ranked Plurker was well under average with # of plurks, responses, profile views, fans and length of time but had the most friend invites so perhaps they do count for something.
