Pownce.com

From the creator of Digg.com, Kevin Rose, comes his latest creation, Pownce.com. Pownce is a web community on which members share articles, links, photos, music and events with one another. Then, users can discuss what they’ve shared.

Without being a member I wasn’t able to delve really deeply into the workings of the site, nor was I able to find many other articles about it on the internet. Honestly, I don’t see what it does that numerous other sites already allow you to do. I mean, yes, it does give users an alternative to facebook and other sites that do similar things. However, the thing about members only sites like that is what on earth is the point of getting on the site if no one you know is on it. Maybe I’m just lazy or not having a complete web 2.0 experience, but I just don’t see why I would go open a pounce account when 95% of my friends are on facebook and there are still plenty of other sites that have more of a differentiated function that I don’t use yet.

While it may be financially viable, I just don’t see the purpose of pownce. It just seems to be following on the coat tails of bigger and better things.

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