Twitter vs Pownce – Which Microblogging Platform is Right for You?

Here’s the video, some notes, and some links from my recent talk about Twitter vs Pownce on the Lab with Leo TV show. I *really* shoulda included a review of Jaiku in my comparison. D’oh. *smacks head* Twitter – multiplatform messaging system founded by Evan Williams of Blogger and Odeo -microblogging – super short, one thought, limited to one hundred forty characters pros -mobile ready – good for mobile. can use via sms. also works via instant messenger and skype -everything gets a publicly available permalink – ie google can index it – and twitter has high page rank cons -one forty characters can be limiting tough to express complex thoughts -good for sharing locations and ideas. not as good for sharing structered data like links and file and stuff -only options are direct messages or public messages -tough to find friends -some spammers have already joined -twitter goes down a lot Pownce – multipurpose sharing system launched by Kevin Rose, Daniel Burka, and Leah Culver -similar to twitter but in addition to short blocks of text, you can also use it to send links, events, and files to friends pros -groups – sort your friends or contacts – can send direct, to a group, to all friends, to public -threaded comments and responses to your post -i’ve found lots of great music shared from friends on pownce -nicer interface than twitter -spam reporting built in cons -easy to ‘drown in the flow’ -lots of updates, haven’t found a great way to keep up with it all -tough to find friends Links: http://pownce.com http://twitter.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pownce http://www.teradome.com/posts/pownce-vs-twitter

Kevin v. Evan

Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.