Comments on: Pownce to shut down after Six Apart sale

Once considered a Twitter rival, the start-up co-founded by Digg's Kevin Rose will be closing down in two weeks.

[Mr. Dee]

The less the better. I have been on Twitter for the past 2 months now and I actually like it. Its not as rich like Facebook, but it does seem like a nice platform for basic communication. :)

[thebarce]

The pownce blog says, "We will be closing the service and Mike and I, along with the Pownce technology, have joined Six Apart, the company behind such great blogging software as Movable Type, TypePad and Vox," but no where in there is the word sale. Can someone confirm for sure if it was a sale, and if so, for how much?

[limefan913]

Damn shame really. Pownce was an excellent site. Additionally Leah Culver managed to write a VERY strong back end for the site, so issues were pretty rare.

[mootymooty]

I liked Pownce too. I thought the site was really cool and had a lot of neat features. Through Digg, I found this:
http://digg.com/software/Goodbye_Pownce_Hello_Schmownce
and it looked cool, so I gave it a shot. It really is just like Pownce, and they have a place where you can import your Pownce export file. Pretty nifty. :P

[jlee888]

Its easy to write a STRONG back end when you have no traffic

[Shion_Hyrez]

Very true indeed. I only discovered it last week and liked it as it let you share files too. Oh well. Makes me think I maybe should stick to the tried and tested sites that people are using, not ones that I just think are good.

[dantynan]

the real question is, who's next?

Web of the Living Dead -- http://blogs.computerworld.com/web_20_dead_pool

cheers,

dt

[suntink]

I have been looking around and found a great replacement to pownce. Check out peekamo...it will blow your mind.