Pownce on Political Correctness
August 22nd, 2007 by David Bradley >> 3 Comments
Pownce, a kind of uber-Twitter with messaging, file sharing, and a few more additives besides offers the most politically correct sign-up form I’ve ever seen. Not happy with simply offering users the option to choose Male, Female, Not Saying as their options for entering your gender, Pownce allows you to choose from Guy, Girl, Dude, Chicky-poo, Bloke, Bird, Lady, Gentleman, Male, Female, Transgender, or None of the above.
Actually, did I say it was politically correct? On second thoughts, it’s actually very un-PC. They missed out a whole tranche of spectral sexualities, and half-way house morphologies, as well those with ambiguous gender determinants, not to mention the use of the blatantly henist Chicky-poo.
Still, Pownce could be the next big thing (at least it was at the time of writing) when it comes to Web 2.0. So, request your invites right now in the comment box below whether, you’re a Bloke, Bird, gender ambiguous, or a Chicky-poo
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red-blooded mail // Aug 23, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Pownce, ponce, I’m not sure which, but I just can’t keep up with this mad internet world with yet more file sharing, social bookmarking style sites. I’m drowning in ‘em..Life’s too short to join!
David Bradley // Aug 23, 2007 at 7:05 pm
I think you’re right, Mr Mail, just you wait until Web 3.0 emerges though, all these tools will be integrated into a single chip you slide into a slot cut into your temple.
Wayne Smallman // Aug 27, 2007 at 9:35 am
There’s the Twitter versus Pownce debate rumbling quietly for the time being, but it may flare up at any moment.
Personally, I much prefer Pownce, if only because you can have proper conversations in there.
But the subject of Social Network Fatigue is a topic David & I have given plenty of think time to recently, and writing time, too.
In fact, David advised on the article to be found under my name.
We need some open method of describing who we are to the various social networks.
Either that or people are just going to get sick of signing up to stuff and go elsewhere…