Will You Pownce on Twitter Alternative?

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008;
-- Andy Beal |

I know that Pownce doesn’t care much for the comparisons to Twitter, but now that it’s come out of beta–and opened-up to all–the comparisons will surely follow.

I joined Pownce (my profile) back when it launched, but haven’t touched it since, mostly because it wasn’t as well used as Twitter–understandable considering you had to have an invite in order to use it.

So, will you switch to Pownce, stick with Twitter, or use both/neither?

Here’s a peek at it:

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20 Responses to “Will You Pownce on Twitter Alternative?”

  1. Owen Cutajar Says:

    Looks like you have the right background for it, black .. just like treacle .. because that’s what it feels like at the moment.

    Looks like they’ve underestimated the resources they need to come out of their closed beta!

  2. Andy Beal Says:

    @Owen - yeah, I managed to add two new friends–took 5 minutes–then I just left it alone. Back to closed beta! ;-)

  3. Barry Schwartz Says:

    Hey, that is me!

  4. Andy Beal Says:

    @Barry - no that’s Cartoon Barry - do you know him? ;-)

  5. Barry Schwartz Says:

    Oh, like “Fake Steve Jobs,” no, don’t know him…

  6. Jim Tobin at Ignite Social Media Says:

    I joined Pownce back when it launched, but like you haven’t really done anything with it.

    I’m still struggling to find the problem it solves. I know it does private file sharing, which I suppose could be handy for virtual orgs, friends who like to swap music, etc.

    It was supposed to be huge. I’m at a loss so far… Anyone loving this thing? If so, what are you using it for.

    ~Jim

  7. Andy Beal Says:

    @Jim - I hear ya. I love Twitter, because of the community and messaging. I’m not sure Pownce adds anything else I’d use on a regular basis. Maybe I’m not its target user.

  8. lux Says:

    Sticking with Twitter.

  9. Brian Chappell Says:

    I will sign up with pownce, befriend everyone I see around, then just probably leave it at that. Twitter beat pownce to the game, I will probably stick with it.

    I cannot handle both, it is too much.

  10. Bob Tenyon Says:

    I noticed ShoeMoney mentioned Pownce in his blog, I am guessing that will help bring in a number of members

  11. Tamar Weinberg Says:

    I don’t think it’s worth all the hype. It wasn’t good as a beta — only in the beginning did it have value (the novelty of it, at least). I am much more fond of Twitter after all this time.

  12. M.-J. Taylor Says:

    No one’s pownced on me … so I am just atwitter (not to say a twit) for the time being.

  13. Dan Perry Says:

    I’ve integrated Twitter into my life. I Use Twitter Fox, it’s set up on my mobile phone, etc.

    Until I see a reason to switch (which I haven’t) why should I?

  14. Alan Johnson Says:

    They don’t exactly bring that many new aspects which could justify switching from Twitter to them so that, the way I see it, people will stll use Twitter but, why not, quite a few folks will most likely try this one on for size as well.

    Alan Johnson

  15. Jayson Says:

    I’ll most likely stick with Twitter - I like the features and have no complaints so why switch? In addition, I haven’t been “pownced” yet so I might not get the opportunity to switch :(

  16. Matt McGee Says:

    How soon til Brian writes the “75 Marketers on Pownce” article? (Or are there not 75 marketers on there???)

    :)

  17. Andy Beal Says:

    @Matt - I wondered the same thing! ;-)

  18. Brian Chappell Says:

    haha, I am thinking large scale now. That post really got me thinking. :-)

  19. Matt Ellsworth Says:

    I use pownce sometimes and twitter others. I use twitter when i’m on the road. and pownce more like a few times a week.

  20. MediaMisfit Says:

    Well first off twitter being somewhat of the first breakthrough micro-blog it’s hard for Pownce to come in when nothing is really wrong with twitter to begin with. I think that is one of the reasons Facebook was successful because MySpace, even though they had the upper hand, didn’t push the quality. Granted MySpace still owns a huge chunk it also proves that it takes a while for people to transfer over. Pownce needs something out of the box if it’s going to out-shine twitter since twitter is almost as standard as pumping gas (or petrol).

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