Remember Twitter Rival Plurk? It Just Locked Down A Million-Dollar Investment

One-time Twitter rival Plurk is back in the headlines this week, thanks to a million-dollar investment from WI Harper Group.

The Canadian startup, seeing the majority of its traffic from Asia and deciding to cede North America to Twitter for the time being, has been restructured and re-headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

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The social network uses a visual timeline to enable users to communicate emotions with their status updates. Users can like, replurk and comment on the status updates of the people they follow.

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