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Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

oil painting — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:04:07 -0000

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Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

Website free builder — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:01:18 -0000

This was sad news when I first read about it in 2008. I'm a fan of Pownce--I prefer them over Twitter, really. Since its shutdown, I went back to using Twitter (as if there were other options). Twitter is fine. But Pownce was cooler.

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Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

edsion007 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:06:50 -0000

Hmmm... why it has to do with twitter so much?

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2razr — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:09:34 -0000

Nonsense .. This is not a great loss at all. Many others do the same. It was very unnecessary. I often saw the same post on my sites

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

computercats — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:34:39 -0000

Particularly bummed out will be users who paid for a pro account — Pownce says it will email them with more info soon, so let’s hope they get their money back.
So, after all .. Got or not?

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

BoochBooch — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:55:47 -0000

FYI, you might actually be interested in Schmownce (http://schmownce.com)

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

Justin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:27:11 -0000

Amazing... I received an email from Pownce on 30-Nov asking me to renew my pro account. Glad I didn't.

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

cubus — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:40:24 -0000

At first sight, I liked the more "social' approach of Pownce over the approach of Twitter. But in the end Twitter offers a lot more functionality (through its API, ...)

For those who used Pownce for file sharing, have a look at Dropbox: https://www.getdropbox.com/

I use it and love it.

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

BJ Upton — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:29:28 -0000

And let's face it, not exactly the great buyout for Pwnce they might have hoped for.

"Hey, come jump on our sinking ship" isn't the best exit

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

BJ Upton — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:27:34 -0000

That's not exactly Google's style.

More likely, they forgot about it themselves.

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MG Siegler — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:33:07 -0000

Thanks for that update Ariel.

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

Ariel Waldman — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:29:42 -0000

@Saskwatch We will be sending Pro users an email shortly with instructions. Pro users will have the option to receive a pro-rated refund.

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

Andrew Hyde — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:21:26 -0000

Not a title I was expecting to see today.

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ezezez — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:37:49 -0000

Pownce? Good use of VC right there....

1) unique technology = nope
2) patents = nope
3) consistent and predictable revenue = nope
4) left over funds in some bank account = probably worth "acquiring"

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

JohnLoGioco — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:55:51 -0000

congrats to the Pownce team - they are joining a great group

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Anthony Ha — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:39:08 -0000

Yeah, Pownce had some of the best fail photos.

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Anthony Ha — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:37:18 -0000

It makes me feel a little icky to see it phrased that way, but yes, presumably that was the thought process.

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Anthony Ha — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:34:55 -0000

Agreed.

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JJ Fad Crew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:25:05 -0000

Pownce was cool but I never used it for three reasons. 1) Redundancy as I began using Twitter and FriendFeed for everything, 2) I couldn't customize my profile with things like a custom domain (like Ning.com) and 3) initially users couldn't send files to people who weren't members. If Pownce had allowed off-network file sharing from the beginning I think they would have seen much higher 'early-adoption' numbers. Allowing people to pay for things like custom profiles and a custom domains would have allowed people to create communities around their micro-blogs. Maybe no one else wanted these features, but those were three things I would have gladly paid for..then again I paid for the what little Pownce did offer it's Pro accounts.

At the end of the day I think Pownce was 'neither here, nor there' in terms of perception by the public. Why use Pownce if I have a full blog to do all of the same? or Why micro-blog on Pownce when it offers room for a 'full' blog? I know I asked myself both of those questions everytime I fired up my PownceMonkey.

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

Jay Cuthrell — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:23:45 -0000

The error page is t3h awes0mez

http://tinyurl.com/pownce-ack

Crazy mad kudos on putting the Ackbar in Acknowledge...

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

Charnita Fance — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:20:47 -0000

It's not a big loss at all. Quite a few others do the same thing. It was VERY redundant. I always saw the SAME posts on all my other sites........

Re: Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce

SilentJay74 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:04:07 -0000

@AJB Not really there were a ton of Apps that Twitter users liked, as in Twitter being more Mobile. Pownce had recently upped the file transfer amount for both basic and paid users. If you know how to use it, it was a great service. Pownce did have Mobile Apps but there were just way to many people that belonged to the Twitter Borg.