Twitter is so over…

Posted by Laura Bergells

August 6, 2007

I only just began my Twitter Challenge at the beginning of August, and I have recently been informed that Twitter has jumped the shark. It’s out of fashion. Pownce the Twitter Killer

Twitter is so over.

That was quick!

Instead, Pownce is poised to take over Twitter’s popularity with the social media fashionistas.

I don’t know about that…Twitter has a firm foothold. And most of the stuff Pownce does that Twitter doesn’t can easily be handled via email or Gmail…or even Google Docs. Even the Pownce tagline “Send Stuff To Your Friends” — doesn’t really communicate a unique advantage over, say, email.

The beauty of Twitter is that it isn’t weighed down with a ton of features. It’s very simplicity is what makes it engaging and attractive.

So I will continue with my Twitter experiment, as promised, for the rest of the month of August.

Why not? As of today, one of my blog posts is #1 at Google for the search term “Twitter Challenge” — and another blog post is in 6th place. Apparently, blogging about Twitter at least garners some temporary search engine attention. (No, I didn’t do this to “trick” the SEs…just a natural occurance of blogging on a niche topic. Google will drop me after a month or so, when someone else starts blogging about microblogging…)

PS - At the moment, I have 6 free Pownce invite codes. If you are interested in exploring Pownce and need an invite, drop me a comment. First come, first serve.