I had a conversation with my friend about Pownce and we both agreed that it kinda pseudo sucks, although I think his dislike for the website was a little stronger than mine. =p Basically it came down to this – he was sending me messages or doing something on the site and I wasn’t aware of it until he confronted me about it days later. Doh! This actually relates to one of my previous posts about interactivity! Pownce is great because it allows you to interact amongst your friends and do a variety of different things. HOWEVER, what’s the point if people won’t know about what kind of activities are occurring when the user won’t know about it until the next time they log on (which could be NEVER)? By that time it’s too late! Geez… I wonder if the people at Pownce intentionally left the notification alerts out, assuming that when a lot of people were to use it that inboxes would be bombarded with emails. Whether or not that was the case, they’re still beta and only people with invites are able to use it – I doubt people will have THAT much email. In the mean time, they should probably add some kind of activity alert system integrated into the site. I’m someone who actually likes Pownce – at least enough to write about it, and even I don’t feel like I have any incentive to login to the site.
OH WELL…
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