Comments on: Poll: Jaiku, Pownce or Twitter

By: Twitter In the Crosshairs: Facebook’s Gambit » The Buzz Bin

Twitter In the Crosshairs: Facebook’s Gambit » The Buzz Bin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:02:13 +0000

[...] it’s really a rip-off of Twitter’s microblog format. Those of us who have been through the microblogging wars see some other similarities, with the conversational commentary seeming to run more like Pownce and [...]

By: Microblogging as a PR Pitch Tool | Engage in PR

Microblogging as a PR Pitch Tool | Engage in PR — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:01:51 +0000

[...] surrounding the benefits of microblogging, whether it be Twitter, Jaiku, or Pownce (you can still vote on what is your favorite). Today Lee Gomes discusses it in his Portals column, focusing on the VC [...]

By: Mali

Mali — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:33:22 +0000

I like Jaiku because you can put links to your other pages
But I like Twitter because you can customize more the design
I don’t know Pownce :P

Wich I like better is a good question

By: Poll: Jaiku Wins, But Twitter & Pownce Take the US » The Buzz Bin

Poll: Jaiku Wins, But Twitter & Pownce Take the US » The Buzz Bin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:15:12 +0000

[...] our silly (and very contentious) poll has come to an end a little early, due to our Viget Labs optimization experience. The final [...]

By: Market Intelligence from Spin Thicket

Market Intelligence from Spin Thicket — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:53:33 +0000

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By: Twitter, Jaiku or Pownce? | ClappingTree’s Web

Twitter, Jaiku or Pownce? | ClappingTree’s Web — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:32:06 +0000

[...] of Jaiku and more recently Pownce. Thanks to Google search, I managed to find the results of a Jaiku, Pownce or Twitter poll and read a really useful review on all three by Grace at the bottom of all the comments: [...]

By: Grace

Grace — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:17:13 +0000

Hm, I think it’s best that I not touch the whole “jaiku rig” controversy. I’ve had a twitter and a pownce. I tried both for a good amount of time, especially since I have friends on both, but none on jaiku. However, I ditched them both for jaiku in the end, regardless.

Twitter’s good points:
- it was first, thus more popular
- streamlined

Pownce’s good points:
- ability to share actual files
- attractive templates
- comments on posts

Jaiku’s good points:
- ability to stream other feeds
- their “badges”
- comments on posts

I’ve found that twitter and jaiku are actually on the same level when it comes to server hiccups. I was turned off by pownce’s apparent lack of a separate method of displaying my posts. Jaiku’s feature of streaming my other feeds eventually won the war in my eyes.

By: www.24supreme.com/blog: Storm i ett vattenglas

www.24supreme.com/blog: Storm i ett vattenglas — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:46:19 +0000

[...] Storm i ett vattenglas Poll: Jaiku, Pownce or TwitterDear Friends: This poll is no longer valid due to pro Jaiku-er Andrew Malach jacking the results. Until Andrew Malach (self admitted) jacked the results, the results were almost identical to the Alexa web traffic stats for the three sites. We will attempt to roll back through time and declare the results as they were before this incident.LÃ¤s kommentarerna, ganska underhÃ¥llande. :)Etiketter: jaiku, pownce, twitter [...]

By: Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:02:46 +0000

Rick’s right, I did say that. And you can still take the code (blog this button) and post it until the 28th.

For the record, I never envisioned it getting to the point where Jaiku, Twitter or Pownce employees would “post on the official Jaiku presence stream.” From a PR perspective, that’s pretty bad, and I agree with Ike that it’s a serious breach of transparency on Jaiku’s part. Though, I am not sure Jaiku sanctioned this activity.

But this is social media and socially the Jaiku community cares about their network’s image. Otherwise Jaiku readers would have blown the message off. That’s pretty cool!!!! What this demonstrates — right or wrong — is that people care about these three services.

Rick, I do owe you an apology for slamming you originally. Please forgive me. It really is a silly poll, and means very little in the grand scheme of things. I hope this controversy causes someone to take a real poll at some point.

By: Rick Measham

Rick Measham — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:22:51 +0000

@occamsrazr.com:
1) Where does an employee play the part of a fan? It was posted on the official Jaiku presence stream on Jaiku.com. Only employees get to post there.
2) If he only wanted his regular readers to vote, he wouldn’t be telling them to “Vote, spread the word, heck, take the code and put it on your own blog!”
2b) However I agree that keeping to his regular readers would have made for a hell of a lot more useful data
3) Alexa is LOT harder to game than an open poll