Comments on: Pownce Grief http://www.sciencetext.com/pownce-grief.html Sciencetext Tech Talk, PC tips, blog hacks, browsing, blogging, social media Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/pownce-grief.html/comment-page-1#comment-111812 David Bradley Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:44:15 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1821#comment-111812 @Heidi I think there's a need to future-proof our online connections by doing exactly this. Create your own network by connecting on different systems, through each others's blogs, email, and heaven forbid phone or face. @Heidi I think there’s a need to future-proof our online connections by doing exactly this. Create your own network by connecting on different systems, through each others’s blogs, email, and heaven forbid phone or face.

]]> By: Heidi Cool http://www.sciencetext.com/pownce-grief.html/comment-page-1#comment-111671 Heidi Cool Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:33:05 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1821#comment-111671 David, Thanks for the mention of <a href="http://pownce2.ning.com" rel="nofollow">Pownce Refugees</a>. We have a small but growing community there and I'm hoping that despite it's different feature set it will serve the needs for many. In particular it works very well for longer discussions and media sharing. But you also bring up a valid point, as we grow to depend on more and more of these not-as-yet-monetized services, we still have no ideas as to which will last and which won't. If Pownce had simply shut the door with no notice, I'd have had to scramble to find some of my Pownce friends, but not all. I had already made multiple connections with you and others in my core network. Trading e-mails, friending on multiple services, bookmarking/subscribing to each other's blogs are all tactics that can help us keep our connections from being service-dependent. David,
Thanks for the mention of Pownce Refugees. We have a small but growing community there and I’m hoping that despite it’s different feature set it will serve the needs for many. In particular it works very well for longer discussions and media sharing.

But you also bring up a valid point, as we grow to depend on more and more of these not-as-yet-monetized services, we still have no ideas as to which will last and which won’t. If Pownce had simply shut the door with no notice, I’d have had to scramble to find some of my Pownce friends, but not all. I had already made multiple connections with you and others in my core network. Trading e-mails, friending on multiple services, bookmarking/subscribing to each other’s blogs are all tactics that can help us keep our connections from being service-dependent.

]]> By: Jerry F http://www.sciencetext.com/pownce-grief.html/comment-page-1#comment-111360 Jerry F Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:07:03 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1821#comment-111360 Yes, I've once again done a ton of research on such sites due to having to move a group of 20 with specialized needs in this regard. That's how I found Pownce. With all the alphas, betas, 'must have' features, other factors and the urgency of time...we had to settle on Plurk (with all its good and bad). Again this was a group that interacts many, many times daily so our needs were different than others. It's not a plug by any means. It was an enormous feat to get a group of 20 opinions to find a happy medium and compromise in the jungle (or desert) that is microblogging. We were only able to do so unified by the value we all placed on the friendships apart from whatever site we were on. Emotionally draining but we stayed together regardless of the site. We allowed the strength of community and friendship to help us during the migration. I wish it upon nobody and no group. Yes, I’ve once again done a ton of research on such sites due to having to move a group of 20 with specialized needs in this regard. That’s how I found Pownce. With all the alphas, betas, ‘must have’ features, other factors and the urgency of time…we had to settle on Plurk (with all its good and bad). Again this was a group that interacts many, many times daily so our needs were different than others. It’s not a plug by any means. It was an enormous feat to get a group of 20 opinions to find a happy medium and compromise in the jungle (or desert) that is microblogging. We were only able to do so unified by the value we all placed on the friendships apart from whatever site we were on. Emotionally draining but we stayed together regardless of the site. We allowed the strength of community and friendship to help us during the migration. I wish it upon nobody and no group.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/pownce-grief.html/comment-page-1#comment-110437 David Bradley Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:08:15 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1821#comment-110437 @Kim That's definitely the best piece of advice for all of us who use social media. We must remember that these sites are merely tools for connecting with other people. Of course, the cynical marketeers don't see it that way, but who wants to stay connected to someone who is only out to get your clickthrus? @Kim That’s definitely the best piece of advice for all of us who use social media. We must remember that these sites are merely tools for connecting with other people. Of course, the cynical marketeers don’t see it that way, but who wants to stay connected to someone who is only out to get your clickthrus?

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.sciencetext.com/pownce-grief.html/comment-page-1#comment-110175 Kim Woodbridge Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:54:28 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1821#comment-110175 I never used Pownce. I would be pretty upset if the same thing happened to Twitter but I would move on. I wouldn't join a Facebook group or anything like that. It's a really good idea to form connections with the people you have the strongest relationships with on the various online services. I never used Pownce. I would be pretty upset if the same thing happened to Twitter but I would move on. I wouldn’t join a Facebook group or anything like that.

It’s a really good idea to form connections with the people you have the strongest relationships with on the various online services.

]]>