Pownce Shutting Down

Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by admin in Domain News | No Comments »

Pownce, the Twitter competitor once labeled “the hottest startup in Silicon Valley” by the New York times is shutting down. The service, co-founded by Digg’s Kevin Rose, will be closing its doors on December 15.

This is an email I just received from Pownce:

We are sad to announce that Pownce is shutting down on December 15, 2008. As of today, Pownce will no longer be accepting new users or new pro accounts.

To help with your transition, we have built an export tool so you can save your content. You can find the export tool at Settings > Export. Please export your content by December 15, 2008, as the site will not be accessible after this date.

Please visit our new home to find out more:

http://www.sixapart.com/pownce

Our thanks go out to everyone who contributed to the Pownce community,

The Pownce Crew

According to TechCrunch, their staff are moving to their parent company, SixApart.