Comments on: Pownce http://journalismenterprise.com/pownce/ If they're trying to make money from journalism - or launching a journalism project - we'll cover it. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Heidi Cool http://journalismenterprise.com/pownce/#comment-27 Heidi Cool Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:58:24 +0000 http://journalismenterprise.com/pownce/#comment-27 I've had some good luck with using Pownce as a collaboration tool. It's a good way to quickly exchange ideas within a group and watch the discussion in a thread. Discussion is also where Pownce really differs from Twitter. It can be complicated to follow Tweets back and forth over the course of a conversation, but Pownce discussions are threaded so that one can follow them just as easily as one might have done in Usenet News or on a well-designed discussion forum. Some of these conversations can get rather lengthy, which wouldn't be possible with Twitter's 130 character limit. I think users will choose between these based on their need. Those who want in-depth conversation will Pownce while those who want quick updates will Tweet. And of course many use both. Pownce's profile area makes it easy to share one's other online profiles with fellow Powncers so one can easily find someone's Twitter, Flickr or other account and follow there as well. p.s. Pownce does offer RSS for public posts. To subscribe to a user's Pownce feed just substitute their username in the following (or click on the RSS symbol on their public profile page). http://www.pownce.com/feeds/public/username/ I’ve had some good luck with using Pownce as a collaboration tool. It’s a good way to quickly exchange ideas within a group and watch the discussion in a thread.

Discussion is also where Pownce really differs from Twitter. It can be complicated to follow Tweets back and forth over the course of a conversation, but Pownce discussions are threaded so that one can follow them just as easily as one might have done in Usenet News or on a well-designed discussion forum. Some of these conversations can get rather lengthy, which wouldn’t be possible with Twitter’s 130 character limit.

I think users will choose between these based on their need. Those who want in-depth conversation will Pownce while those who want quick updates will Tweet. And of course many use both. Pownce’s profile area makes it easy to share one’s other online profiles with fellow Powncers so one can easily find someone’s Twitter, Flickr or other account and follow there as well.

p.s. Pownce does offer RSS for public posts. To subscribe to a user’s Pownce feed just substitute their username in the following (or click on the RSS symbol on their public profile page). http://www.pownce.com/feeds/public/username/

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]]> By: tiagón http://journalismenterprise.com/pownce/#comment-20 tiagón Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:01:11 +0000 http://journalismenterprise.com/pownce/#comment-20 nice review :) I guess pownce should add some other social networking tools, or it might disappear for lack of niche. the file transfer feature is easy, but then again for some collaborative work you have more flexibility using google docs and email. but on the other hand, twitter doesn't seem to be treating his users very well lately - so there might be a chance for other services to gather public attention? I hope so. nice review :) I guess pownce should add some other social networking tools, or it might disappear for lack of niche. the file transfer feature is easy, but then again for some collaborative work you have more flexibility using google docs and email.

but on the other hand, twitter doesn’t seem to be treating his users very well lately - so there might be a chance for other services to gather public attention? I hope so.

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