The Lady Programmer

UPDATE: PlurkYM isn’t working anymore because Plurk had enabled the service, in addition to Google Talk.

CarloReid had already made his own blog post packed with more commands to the PlurkYM bot. Check out his post about PlurkYM in his blog.

Plurk had not yet offered the capability to send status updates and microblogs through YM. Carlo Reid had suddenly thought of creating PlurkYM that makes it possible for users Yahoo Messenger to post status and microblog updates on Plurk. I caught him testing this and I got curious: he was trying to make PlurkYM work!

From the screenshot above, Plurk can post updates using Google Talk, MSN and is now trying to add AIM to list. I was disappointed to see that Yahoo Messenger is not included.

PlurkYM is still in its testing stage. Please direct all comments, suggestions and bug reports to Carlo Reid through his blog.

Privacy

To make this work, the PlurkYM bot asks for the Plurk username and password during registration. Carlo Reid assures privacy of this information:

PlurkYM saves your password in encrypted format that isn’t readable by an ordinary human being. It’s transmitted to plurk.com in an encrypted format too. I am committed to provide maximum security on personal information that PlurkYM collects. Please be assured that all information gathered by the PlurkYM bot are safe, secured and will never be shared with anyone. If you feel that your information has been compromised, please unregister with the service immediately and report the problem to me.

There are actually other sites that ask for your username and password to use Twitter and Plurk, such ping.fm and many third-party Facebook applications.

How to Setup PlurkYM

• Add PlurkYM as a new contact in Yahoo Messenger.
  

  PlurkYM added in Yahoo Messenger

• To register, type REG <username> <password>. A successful registration returns this message: “You are now registered. You may start Plurking using Yahoo! Messenger.”
  

  register Plurk account in PlurkYM

Posting Updates using PlurkYM

• Type updates as you normally would in Plurk. You can even type the character equivalent of smileys. It is even possible to share photos and YouTube videos by clicking the link.
  

  posting picture with a smiley in Plurk

How to Remove PlurkYM service

• On PlurkYM window, type UNREG to stop using PlurkYM.

Other commands

• Type HELP to for instructions on how to register or unregister from PlurkYM.
• Type PRIVACY to show the PlurkYM privacy information.

17 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

1. 

   blanne
   February 25th, 2009 at 7:50 am #

   Coolness! I really wanted something like this. I use both services, but I prefer not to have to go from one tab to another (I use Yahoo! Web Messenger). This is really great!

2. 

   ǝıpɹǝɟ
   February 25th, 2009 at 10:03 am #

   i dont trust anyone who gets password for other sites other than the site i log into. sorry. im not into meebolike. the builtin MSN is sufficient.

3. 

   Louie
   February 25th, 2009 at 11:49 am #

   You guys can also still use Google Talk for Plurk updates and use a third party application for IM’s such as Pidgin.im or Digsby which supports most instant messaging services. It prevents cluttering of IM’s. However, Pidgin does not support webcam but I believe Digsby does. I haven’t tried using the ping.fm bot to check for updates using YM yet.

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   February 25th, 2009 at 3:04 pm #

   How to Setup Yahoo Messenger to Send Updates to Plurk | The Lady Programmer…

   Step-by-step guide on how to set up Yahoo Messenger to send updates to Plurk….

5. 

   fit4all
   February 25th, 2009 at 7:15 pm #

   time comes i could settled/manage my time i will join the plurk, twitter and other network..it seems i am behind in the network! like this one i didn’t know could be possible in YM..anyway, thanks for the information as always!:)

6. 

   pchi
   February 27th, 2009 at 4:45 pm #

   will keep following the progress of this.

   all though I’ve never joined plurk… the integration would be great

7. 

   Gem
   March 3rd, 2009 at 6:09 am #

   I saw lot of Entrecarders joining Twitter and Facebook – probably because there are some paid opportunities that are now available in Twitter and Facebook such as that offered in SS.

8. 

   Gem
   March 3rd, 2009 at 6:12 am #

   Ping.fm is worth trying out, there’s also a bot that you can use on YM and Gmail. I had been using it for a while.

9. 

   Gem
   March 3rd, 2009 at 6:16 am #

   Great to see you here. It is true, it can be difficult to trust some websites. Even some those third-party apps in Facebook and Twitter also lures some people into giving out their usernames and passwords, then we would learn that these apps are trying to trick users.

10. 

    call center gal
    March 5th, 2009 at 5:44 pm #

    This is something new for me. Let me try this and I will let you know my experience.

11. 

    Sheryl
    March 5th, 2009 at 8:04 pm #

    Nako ate, I don’t think maganda ung idea na yan… ung pag cross-posting ng plurk updates sa twitter. Ewan ko for me ah, i don’t think its good kasi its so redundant and useless. Especially dun sa mga nagpluplurk ng nonsense .. nakakairita. Well, marami narin ako nakikita sa twitter na nagrereklamo about jan, na baket pa kelangan x-post from plurk. Anyways, its just my opinion.

12. 

    Gem
    March 6th, 2009 at 9:12 pm #

    One thing in common sa opinion natin, yung nagpu-plurk ng nonsense. One good thing, natututo na ang mga nagpu-plurk ng nonsense, mabilis ang pickup nila that they have to be creative sa plurks nila. Magkaiba ang mga Twitter audience ko sa Plurk audience ko, at may mga plurks ako na di ko pinapalitaw sa Twitter kaya siguro effective naman. :-p

13. 

    Call Center Gal
    March 6th, 2009 at 11:44 pm #

    I’m already registered…Woohoo! I followed the instructions to the t. Thanks Gem! Hope to get my karma back hehe

14. 

    Wayne
    March 19th, 2009 at 10:02 pm #

    Great!..
    It is very useful.. XD hehe..
    Thanks to Carlo Reid and to you Ladyprogrammer Gem…for the info XD
    by the way Im zappoz from plurk..

15. 

    Tin
    July 13th, 2009 at 10:21 am #

    Is this still working?

16. 

    Nandita
    August 2nd, 2009 at 10:45 pm #

    i just join this PlurkYM, but i haven’t got the message back from them. Is this thing still working? Please updates me. Thanks..

17. 

    Gem
    September 23rd, 2009 at 6:37 pm #

    I’ve updated the post above. PlurkYM isn’t working anymore, as Plurk itself had enabled the service from their own site – so we don’t need to rely on third party services such as this.