The break down of the micro-socials for the unaware/uneducated

[webrat]

Twitter vs. Pownce vs. Instant Messaging: Twitter.com and Pownce.com are nearly the same thing. Twitter has messages limited up to 140 characters. Pownce has no limitation and has the ability to send files / links / events as well. Pownce has Amazon S3 technology baked in for the file transfers and such. Both have a free service. Pownce has a

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The Anti-Geek

[spilled_inks]

Honestly, I've never head of either one of them.

Re: The Anti-Geek

[webrat]

That's to be expected since you live under a rock. ;) I'm sure your hubby is aware of them. :)

[leighgion]

You missed the important point that "Pownce" is a really stupid name. :)

[webrat]

Twitter and "Tweeting" isn't any better. :)

[leighgion]

Don't mistake this for favoritism on my part. I see little purpose in taking up either, but come on now... "pownce" sounds like something conjured up by a poor AOL typists committee. :)

[webrat]

Better not inform smmc. Habit from the old mu*ing days. ;)

[flexagon]

A bunch of the older folks on my team know the Buzz, the guy who started Twitter... he did that when he left Blogger. :P

I think I would like Twitter a lot more if the tweets answered "what are you thinking about right now" rather than "what are you doing right now".

[leighgion]

I think Penny Arcade really left the ultimate word about "doing" tweets.

[webrat]

This might be more up your alley since you can use "thinks" - http://www.plurk.com/

[bluechromis]

As you allude to, these types of sites aren't about technology, they're about the community. Twitter is simpler and such, but without friends on it I wouldn't use it.

[webrat]

Agreed, without a few people I know using it, I wouldn't care about it.