#pownce

[whimsicalpillarcenturion]

Origins of Reddit-Twitter rivalry. Tumblr had a little role in it.

[lajefafrijoles]

Oh, Pownce… you were superior and gone far too soon.

[topsiencepostforfree]

Free Technology For Teachers: Pownce and Twitter "How To"

For the last couple of weeks I've been writing about ways to use Pownce and Twitter in the classroom. I previously posted a video over-viewing the two services and the features of both which you can see here. Until now, I haven't posted videos about how easy it is to set up Pownce or Twitter accounts. Below you will find a video by Liz Davis about setting up Twitter and a video I made about setting up Pownce. As you will see in each video, it is easy to get started.

This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers if you see it elsewhere, it has been used without permission.

[noisedragon]

What if Kevin Rose’s Pownce, which was similar to Tumblr and started around the same time, going under 6 months later, were the successful thing instead of Tumblr?

What would that alternate future be like?

[mattthommes-blog]

Pownce acquired by Six Apart: critics aflame

Yesterday, news hit that micro-blogging platform Pownce was to be acquired by Six Apart - the creators of Movable Type and other blogging platforms. Immediately, Pownce critics rejoiced, claiming that the service never lived up to it's hype, or that it could never quite survive in the shadow of Twitter. Let's get one thing straight. This acquisition was about people, not the service itself. Pownce wasn't acquired because the service was useless or not popular. The creators just found it in their best interest to be bought out. Pownce was never a "Twitter competitor," nor should Twitter's success overshadow Six Apart's acquisition. Six Apart is acquiring talent, and unfortunately those individuals were the cogs behind running Pownce regularly, so it's only natural that the service must come to and end (in it's current incarnation). I imagine that Pownce will re-surface in some other form or incarnation. I believe Six Apart will use their newly acquired talent to create an even better Pownce.

[thenoblepioneer]

Collateral Progress

Competition is good. In the long-term it usually results in a net positive for everybody. If there is a perfect example of this it's likely the Annual Tech Startup Gold Rush™. For example: 2007: The Year of Microblogging — Twitter, Pownce. 2008: The Year of the Check-in — Foursquare, Gowalla. 2011: The Year of Group Messaging — GroupMe, Beluga. Pownce. Gowalla. Beluga. All companies chasing the dream in their respective spaces that either shut down or otherwise ceased operating due to competition. And yet all completely necessary for their respective novel paradigms to survive. Even though they no longer exist, each added to our overall awareness of, and comfort with, a new paradigm. Here's how the Annual Tech Startup Gold Rush™ works: a company introduces a new paradigm. Others see opportunity and rush in. The paradigm catches on slowly, then faster, and new players bring in their own new consumers. The pool of overall consumers familiar with the paradigm grows larger. Most companies fail/pivot/shut down. Maybe the company that introduced the paradigm is still around, maybe not. It doesn't matter. The paradigm itself persists on now self-sustaining momentum. The paradigm reached this point only by all the companies contributing to its growth. Before this point the consumer pool was too small and thus too brittle; any one company failing could mean such a significant loss of consumers from the pool that the paradigm itself is at risk of fading. Now, however, the pool is big enough that when a company leaves the pool its customers don't. Instead they migrate to another paradigm provider. Often at this point another notable trend starts: major services adopt the paradigm into their products. Facebook is one of the best at this. Possibly the greatest example of this is when Twitter first introduced the paradigm of the short-burst status update. At the time Facebook had no similar feature. Yet eventually Twitter and others cemented the paradigm of status updating so dominantly that it was recognized as being as necessary as social networking itself. This is when Facebook adopted it. Sometimes the paradigm author stays the predominant player, sometimes they don't. Twitter is still around and doing quite well, despite Facebook adopting their core feature, but Pownce certainly isn't. Yet Pownce necessarily validated microblogging as a thing worthy of more attention. It got more people to ask their friends what they thought of "this whole microblogging thing". It was collateral progress.

[mokshjuneja]

Invitation accepted from Pownce

Was on my way from Bandra and I thought that I should drop in to a gig that was happening on a rooftop of Mumbai Times Cafe. which was totally cool... I was early there but I did meet Aalaap, who of course invited me to the rocking party!! But had to leave early, The next gig scehduled for October 10, 2007. Will definately be there!!

Moksh Juneja - "Social Media Catalyst"

[mokshjuneja]

Powncing

I have completely fallen in love with Pownce, since the day it has started and I was given the invite by Priya. I just love the platform, updating to friends across the globe gives an amazing kick. It is more user friendly than anything else. Love the interface Pownce provided, that we can use it from the computer. One thing is difficult is that, wanted to congratulate the developers, but they already had so many requests, didn't think it was the most appropriate thing to do.

Moksh Juneja - "Social Media Catalyst"