Twitter is on the ropes: Pownce should Pownce. The early adopter crowd has NOT jumped overboard and left Twitter. I am unsure why. Pownce appears to be a superior product. I am not debating its merits versus Twitter. Pownce has stability on it’s side. Pownce may have a smaller user base but at least the site stays up.
But for the last few weeks the focus is all about how to fix Twitter. Twitter is really only known to the early adopters and is very simple in concept. The concept for the application is not difficult. Why don’t the users jump ship?
This is a tremendous opportunity for others in this space. Pownce and FriendFeed are positioned to take advantage.
Pownce should definitely well you know Pownce! The time is now. Pownce should step in the ring with press release after press release and knock Twitter around. They should be wowing with features and make people wonder why they ever stuck with Twitter in the first place.
In the last couple of days many things have been written about the new startup Plurk that is just another Twitter clone. Pownce shares files, it has a good established API, and is an established application with an existing user base. The time for Pownce is now.
What would it really take for the users to bolt? Would all it take is for Scoble and several other A list bloggers to band together and choose a replacement.
Let me reiterate that Twitter is very simple. I could see potential in FriendFeed implementing direct messaging and crushing Twitter. That does not appear to be FriendFeed’s goal.
Well someone let me know please why has Pownce not Pownced!
There's a good post on O'Reilly Radar about Twitter's downtime with graphs: http://radar.oreilly.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/10214
hmm try this instead… http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/06/twitt…
I couldn't agree more.
If only they made a press release in India!
but I like twitter…
it was first, and it's everywhere. why not just fix it?
first goes a long way.
First certainly does go a long way. People are mostly staying around. I just wonder why someone else does not use this as a springboard for their own application.
but I like twitter…
it was first, and it's everywhere. why not just fix it?
first goes a long way.
First certainly does go a long way. People are mostly staying around. I just wonder why someone else does not use this as a springboard for their own application.