{"id":2082,"date":"2008-12-02T08:58:42","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T07:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2008-12-02T10:28:13","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T09:28:13","slug":"kevin-rose-when-your-competitor-makes-you-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2082","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Rose: when your competitor makes you famous"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I met Kevin Rose<\/a> co founder of Digg<\/a> and Pownce<\/a> a couple of times. I found him smart, funny and engaging. I signed up for Pownce after we met, over a year ago. But now Pownce is shutting down. I just woke up in Madrid with this email from them.<\/p>\n


\nWe are sad to announce that Pownce is shutting down on December 15,
\n2008. As of today, Pownce will no longer be accepting new users or new
\npro accounts.
\nTo help with your transition, we have built an export tool so you can
\nsave your content. You can find the export tool at Settings > Export.
\nPlease export your content by December 15, 2008, as the site will not
\nbe accessible after this date.
\nPlease visit our new home to find out more:
\nhttp:\/\/www.sixapart.com\/pownce
\nOur thanks go out to everyone who contributed to the Pownce community,<\/em><\/p>\n

The Pownce Crew<\/em><\/p>\n

Pownce was supposed to be a “better Twitter<\/a>” but Kevin, founder of Pownce has become extremely famous on …Twitter<\/a>. To me that is as if Steve Jobs<\/a> used Blackberry as his main communication platform. Not good. Because as raw communication power goes with over 75K followers on Twitter (I only have 2500) Kevin is a walking PR machine. This ranking will give you a sense of how famous Kevin is on Twitter<\/a>. He is only second to Barack Obama! Pity he could not use that power and the promotional tools of Digg (Diggnation<\/a>) to make Pownce the success it could have been. And Twitter itself, as popular as it is, still needs to achieve two milestones: one is to get out of the geek community itself and truly go mainstream, and the other is to find a way to charge for its services. Charging for sending SMS would be a start. As the financial crisis continues and VC\u00b4s stop funding fame and finally seek fortune, Silicon Valley\u00b4s new motto will be “earn or die”.<\/p>\n

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