http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/03/is_twitter_too_.html

thanks for the comments.

I didn’t write anything off, but Skype is basically one of the de facto standards facilitating accessible AV communications nowadays, and I expect it to melt into a single pool of voice/video networks that is hidden from the end-user by a new layer of abstraction.

Pownce … yes … I did shoot off a wild one there.

There are 2 competitors in its field, at least to my knowledge (Jaiku and Twitter), and the latter seems to be far ahead, especially with all the mash-ups floating around the web (and the fact that Evan Williams does have significant experience and VC backing).

But Twitter was not the first (Dodgeball), and won’t be the last in this field either.

As the shock wave is moving up the generation scale and more and more non-teens are reaching the openness levels required for such a service to be relevant, the requirements are changing and value-add features are becoming increasingly important.

I think that Pownce has made (or is making) a solid step into the field and is covering just the right demographic to get enough momentum to steer ahead eventually (given that Kevin Rose & co. don’t screw up ).

I like the fact that it prefers “friends” over “followers”, I like the file sharing feature, and I do think that the advantages gained through Adobe AIR support are going to make a difference in the future …

Facebook is well thought out and I think it’s worth thinking about how you build a network.. you want it neatly organized I do at least.

MySpace is an ugly mess for “less demanding” customers.

But who knows…. what matters the most is that we’re having phun.