Comments on: Twitter and Pownce need to merge

By: mathewi

mathewi — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:20:05 +0000

Yeah, I agree — I just think it's too late for Pownce to grab much momentum
away from Twitter. They're benefiting massively from network effects now –
I get four or five people following me a day, and virtually nothing on
Pownce.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:00:03 +0000

Looks like a case when 1 + 1 could equal 3. Interesting concept.

By: MG Siegler

MG Siegler — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:07:12 +0000

I'm with you on the merging. I've been trying to use both today back and forth and it's tiring. Even with fairly different feature sets/selling points, I think there is only room for one of them to reach mass appeal.

By: mathewi

mathewi — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:20:05 +0000

By: Too Little, Too Late for Pownce | Mark Evans

Too Little, Too Late for Pownce | Mark Evans — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:08:20 +0000

[...] friend, Mathew Ingram, suggests Pownce’s future could lie in a deal with Twitter that would combine Pownce’s [...]