Pownce - Kinda Like Twitter But On Steroids
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You probably already know who Kevin Rose is, he’s the founder of Digg, and he’s now working on a new project: Pownce. Scot Smith from Meridian Crest sent me an invite, cause right now Pownce is still in beta, and is “invite only”. Thanx Scot! :)
So now I can invite 6 people. If you’d like to try out this new service, please leave a comment below, and I’ll send you an invite. Then you can let me know what you think of Pownce. (I can only send 6 invites, first come, first served)
So What The Heck Is Pownce?
Pownce looks a lot like Twitter, but on steroids! To be totally honest, I’m not a big fan of Twitter, and don’t really understand why people are crazy about it, but I guess it’s a cool service if you’re into instant messaging and micro-blogging. Thing is… I’m not.
Pownce is quite like Twitter, where you have your own profile, and there’s a “public profile” where messages from your friends are posted. But you can also make your messages available to your friends only. You can send:
And you can annoy all your friends by sending them 25 messages per day. But you can turn off the e-mail notifications on the “settings” page. Thank you Mr.Rose!
The cool thing about Pownce is that you can download a software, install it on your comp (which I had a lot of troubles with!), and it’s linked to your username, so when you wanna post stuff you don’t have to open your browser and log in. You can do it from your computer. Pretty cool! For Twitter there are also 3rd party softwares available for both Mac (Twitterrific) and PC (Twitteroo).
So… Why Pownce And Not Twitter?
Pownce users you can send files up to 10MB (100MB with a pro account), which you cannot do with Twitter. This is probably the main (and only) reason I will give Pownce a shot, well just because of that I find it more interesting than Twitter.
I’m not sure about this, but I’ve heard they will try to get support for all major IMs. That would be awesome! But nothing confirmed yet.
You can also read more about Pownce on Mashable.
Here are some screenshots (click the images to enlarge):
By the way, you can also link your Pownce account to your FaceBook account (which seems buggy)
I don’t think Pownce innovates a lot, and it probably won’t be revolutionary. I feel it won’t change social networking like Digg did, but still it’s worth trying it out.
Pownce Invites
If you want me to send you an invite, please leave a comment below, and I’ll gladly send one your way! :)
Let me know what you think of it after you start using it. I’d like to have feedback from people, what you like (or don’t like) about Pownce, and what you use it for.
Thanx :)
(*note: this was not a sponsored review)
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Can I have one please? :)
Sure! it’s sent!
lemme know how you like it, and add me to your friends list also :)
5 invites left!
Nice post =]
I’ll have one of those invites if you’re still offering. Sounds like if they get support for all the major IM’s it could be something pretty good.
I’ve never seen the big deal with twitter either… I thought I was the only one!
Hi Laura2.1 :)
Invite sent! add me to your friends when you sign up (my userid is “jphillips”)
http://pownce.com/jphillips/
By the way seems the facebook app works now :)
I would like one please. :)
Hi Jim, invite sent! :)
How nice of you to offer! I’ve been trying for a week to get one.
Hi Tinker! I sent you the invite! :)
By the way, just to let you all know, I sent all the invites to the e-mail addresses you entered when leaving your comments. If you didn’t get the invite, please check your junk mail folder or lemme know.
2 invites left
You can also Digg this post if you feel like it, I wouldn’t mind! :)
http://digg.com/software/Pownce_Kinda_Like_Twitter_But_On_Steroids/
Hello Jon,
I’d like an invite if you still have any left please.
Hey I will take one if there are any left and Thanks
Hi Raj and Sean! Invites sent to both of you :)
I have no invites left.
If you guyz (the 6 people that I sent invites to) are not using your own invites (you automatically get 6), check back this post, maybe others would like to receive invites. :)
Can anyone send me an invite please?
Hey Jon,
Thanks for the mention. If you need some invites I still have 5 or 10 available.
Anyone have any more invites for pownce? I would greatly appreciate it!! :)
PJ
http://www.pilotjohn.com
Hi, i wanna inform you that i’ve removed my blogroll. However, i’ve added u into my viral link tags. Happy blogging.
Hey if anyone gets any extras, drop me a line…always interested in new networks
hai if any one having pownce invitation means send me
Ilker, John, Adam, Sri, I sent an e-mail to Scot at Meridian Crest regarding the pownce invites. Will get back to you guyz :)
Shawn, can you remove my link from the viral tag thing? Thanx
Thanks Jon.
I was just on twitter, Alex King who just joined said”It’s going to be a lot easier for Twitter to add Pownce’s sending features than for Pownce to duplicate Twitter’s community.”
He has a couple of Tweets about Pownce.
Adam
Hi Adam, cool, I’m reading that right now.
I also found this post on JetPacked
http://www.jetpacked.com/how-to-post-to-pownce-and-twitter-at-the-same-time/
I just got pownce!
John, awesome! Thanx for adding me! :)
If you have invites left and you wanna give some away, leave a msg on here, with a link to your contact form or something :)
I have 6 Pownce invites to share. Leave a message here and I’ll gladly share. :)
Hi Jim, that’s awesome, very nice of you! Thanx a lot! :)
Awesome, thanks! Another interesting project form Kevin Rose.
I’d like one of those invites, Jim (or anyone)… thanks much!
this Kevin fellow really likes to make his money eh?.. hes full of ideas.
… i mean, you gotta love the steriods.. but i all these new sites are coming up to quickly, its hard to keep up!
Shoot me an invite please!
KRG, Adam, Grace, I don’t have any invites left, maybe Jim or Scot have some left. I sent an e-mail to Scot to see if he does, I’ll keep you guyz posted :)
cottage, yep, looks like Kevin will make tons of cash with this one too!
I would love an invite if anyone has got one going. TIA
Hi Jon, I’m sure someone still has invites left, either Scot or Jim :)
Any way I could get an invite? Sounds like it would be really helpful for me at work
Hi Ryan, I don’t have any left, but if someone does please leave a comment on here. If you’re not using all your invites :)
Thanx
You can leave a comment on this post http://www.meridiancrest.com/pownce-beta-invites/ Scot still has some invites left :)
Pownce is starting to open things up a bit… you can enter your email on their site, and wait for a spot…
[…] was reading Jon’s post Pownce - Kinda Like Twitter But On Steroids, and Jon was so convincing, I just had to get my hands on a beta invite. Jon, who is not a twitter […]
I just got a Pownce invite, so I’ll definitely check it out. :)
Adam,
have you tried leaving a comment on meridiancrest.com? Scot has some invites left I think. Or if anyone has invites left (people I invited) please write a comment on here, and tell people where you can be reached (contact form on your own blog) :)
Tish! Howz going? Add me to your friends on Pownce! :D
Jonathan - I hope all is well! Things are great here. :) I just signed up for Pownce, but I couldn’t find you. Add me?
Tish, I can’t find you either, my profile is pownce.com/jphillips :)
[…] still in beta form, so it’s by invitation only. Jonathan Phillips wrote a great review called Pownce: Kinda Like Twitter But On Steroids. Take a look to see what all the hype is about. And if you want to give Pownce a try, I have six […]
Jonathan, I’m glad we finally found each other! And I linked your post today! :)
Hi Tish, thank you very very much! :)
By the way, I have 6 more invites, so if anyone is interested, drop a comment on here! :D
I just signed up for this the other day and I have 5 invites left. If anyone wants one, use the contact form on my site and I’ll send you one real quick! (click my name ^^^)
cooliojones, thanx! I also have 5 invites left, so if you run out of invites lemme know.
Hey Jon, if you still have those invites I’d love to grab one from ya. Also, very nice blog you have here. I just stumbled across it, but have bookmarked it and will for sure be back!
Hi Shawn, thanx a bunch, I sent you an invite to the e-mail you entered in the comment form on SWR. Add me to your friends list after you sign up :)
[…] Jon Philips can agree on this issue as well: I don’t think Pownce innovates a lot, and it probably won’t be revolutionary. I feel it won’t change social networking like Digg did, but still it’s worth trying it out. […]
[…] a service kind of like Twitter, but… I won’t go into it. Please read what Jonathan at SmartWealthyRich had to say about it. The desktop software is in the alpha stage and still crashes for a lot of […]
[…] Pownce is a new social networking project by the creator of Digg. It is still in beta form, so it is available by invitation only. Pownce allows you to send messages, links, events, and files to your friends. You can even make new friends! For an excellent review of Pownce, read Jonathan Phillips’ post titled Pownce - Kinda Like Twitter But On Steroids. […]
I too like pownce more than twitter.Its way better than it.
I have also got some invites left so If anyone needs any can request it here. I’ll gladly share.
Pownce is still in beta, thats why its buggy. The desktop client still more! but i believe evrything will just be set right over time
Are you using Pownce still? It’s really confusing, since it’s another social site to add to the list. :) I’m curious whether you’ve found it useful so far with promoting your site?
Tina
Yea.. i use it.. though i havent found time to be online from so long .. its good .. cuz i can publically share my links.. people can visit u even if they visit ur public profile by chance..
its jus a social networking site.. but da main player is u urself.. if u and ur content is good.. u’ll find da service is tasty for u .. not,otherwise.
Can you send me an invite ? O would very much appreciate.