Last night Twitter was taken down for a bit. There was a warning sign & some of us hung around just to see what would happen… What would happen to all those people addicted to Twitter? That was the question.

I suggested that we take the conversation to IM, but I saw some Pownce usernames tossed about. Ok then! I am functional in most social networks. And I had signed up for Pownce long ago (that was a tough invite to get!). I have 26 invites now if anyone needs/wants, I just need your email.

It didn’t take long & there was quite a number of us convening & suggesting people add usernames. I received a random invite from Christopher Penn. In the past I’ve followed links posted by Chris Brogan so I knew his name – now we’re connected on Pownce, Twitter & Facebook. (Christopher & I had 22 common friends on Facebook – so it was about time that we connected apparently!)  Great to meet you Christopher & all of my new friends on Pownce!

Pownce is similar to Twitter & Facebook & yet different:

  • Similar to Twitter – no character limitations
    • different in able to see messages in email
  • Similar to Facebook in that you can send file links
    • different in able to send files
  • Great functionality to find ‘friends of friends’.like in Facebook

While I was there I set up my profile more fully because my new friends weren’t aware of my blog address.

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It was interesting to watch the conversation & the traffic shift as Twitter went down. Later when it came back up people shifted over to it. Some of us continued to post to Pownce and Twitter at the same time. (I was chatting at the same time too.) Now we have an emergency plan for future Twit-outages!

If you’re on Pownce, feel free to add me. I’m also on Twitter & Facebook & welcome new friends! Where did you go when Twitter was down? Or did you read Geoff Livingston’s new book? Now is Gone