Once you do so, you will be given a grade – based on how much “power” you have.  I was pretty happy with my grade of 81 out of 100.  The Twitter Grade measures the relative power of a Twitter user. It is calculated as a percentile score. A grade of 81 means that the user scores higher than 81 percent of the other user profiles that have been graded.

Here are the main factors that they say go into play when deciding the score:

• The number of followers you have
• The power of this network of followers
• The pace of your updates
• The completeness of your profile

Go get yourself graded at http://twitter.grader.com/.  Then feel free to add me on Twitter to help both our scores. (insert evil laugh here)

The Rewards of Being a Good Plurker

The "rewards" feature of Plurk is very interesting too.  You can get a little star by your name if you achieve a certain goal.  Also, certain customizations (such as page styles) are not available to you until your Karma number has reached a certain point.

Go Out and Do Something Creative!

A great inspiration as well is the status messages you can pick from.  You have:

freestyle, loves, likes, shares, gives, hates, wants, wishes, has, will, asks, was, feels, thinks, says, and is

Speaking of inspiration, seeking that great conversation starter? 

• Messages of "good morning" seem to go over well with your following…
• Random messages really do the trick, create snippets from your brain do wonders too.
• You can’t forget the plugs for your own site content or interesting links you have found on the Web.
• Plurk is much more social than the other status and micro-blogs out there.  Many more replies here and much more feedback to be had if you just ask.

Share Your Photos and Videos with Everybody!

You can share photos too, just make sure that link your posting ends with a .gif, .jpg or .png.  Plurk will automatically generate thumbnailed images for you and open them up inside of Plurk when somebody clicks on them.  The same is done for YouTube videos too. 

What Makes Plurk So Different?

The timeline is what sets Plurk apart from the competitors.  This gives you a unique view of all the messages from your friend that may seem a little odd at first, but you quickly catch on.  You also have the option to view all the new message, or mark all messages as read.

Maybe it is just me, but Plurkers seem to be a lot more friendly too.  They are all looking for replies of their own, so they might be more willing to stop by your personal Plurk page and say, "Hello!".  Looking for a friend?  Feel free to click here and add me!

When push comes to shove, Plurk really is becoming a favorite stop for me (or several stops depending on the speed of the day) and I wish them the best of luck in the future. 

Visit this handy Plurk URL here:

http://www.plurk.com/m

Bookmark it (or drag and drop it onto your links bar).  Then right-click it, and select “Properties”.  From here, check the box next to “Load this bookmark in the sidebar”, then save your changes and you are done.

Now you have instant Plurk access no matter what web page you might be on.

Need a friend on Plurk? Feel free to add me! I feel like you all are nearly family anyways!

Update – Thanks to TwisterMC you can get a Firefox add-on that does the same thing, with a few other extra perks.

Currently, here are the places you can follow me:

Bebo, Facebook, Hi5, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, Mashable, MySpace, Plurk, Pownce, Tumblr, and of course everybody’s favorite red headed step child Twitter.

Of course I’m not just looking for multiple avenues to plug and market myself, I’ve also been just sharing random Mitch-like nuggets of wisdom and random things that pop into my head that I just need to get out during the day. 

Ping.fm is my new best friend on this social Web we live on today.