It’s been about six months since Pownce first launched into an invite-only beta, and now they’ve jumped out into the public. It’s considered to be a “social networking and micro-blogging” site, and it resembles Twitter quite a bit except with more features. While this is a major milestone for them, the fact that they’re now open to the public, do they have a chance at becoming something big? At this point Twitter is so established and used by many, many more people than Pownce that I don’t know if it’s possible. Pownce did add a few new features for this launch though that might help them, so let’s take a look.
- New version of their Desktop Client is now available – runs on Adobe Air
- Users can directly respond to messages from friends
- Import your friend’s list from Digg, Flickr, Twitter or Facebook to save yourself time tracking down friends
- Events are on their own page
I joined Pownce back when it first launched, but I haven’t really done much with it since. It’s just not something I’ve found that I visit on a regular basis. While I think the overall look, feel, and functionality of it is superior to Twitter, I just don’t know if people are going to be willing to adapt to yet another social service. Regardless, welcome to the public, Pownce.
Source: Center Networks
Either I am missing something or Pownce doesn’t offer RSS Feed for the ‘pownces’ (entries).
You’re right, they don’t offer an RSS feed which would probably be really helpful to keep up with everybody. Perhaps that’s something they’ll add in the future.