Powncememe tracks hot Pownce activity for eye candy analysis
Date : 2008 01 24 Category : Web Webware.com
One thing Pownce is still missing after opening up earlier this week is a public feed. While the creators have hand-picked a selection of mostly San Francisco socialites for everyone to view on its main page, there's not a simple way to pull together some of the hottest activity on the site short of tapping into the API. An enterprising developer Bryan Pearson has done just that, creating Powncememe, a site that rates people's Pownce messages based on various characteristics including user ratings, the number of recipients, and replies from other users. When combined it's a fun way to see what's interesting on the service as a whole, including pictures and links.
Compared to TechMeme, it's certainly not as advanced, as it won't clump together similar stories or show which Powncer has the most clout, but it's not a bad place to find new people to befriend. Pearson is still fine tuning the algorithm, and version 2.0 which is due out later this year is being written entirely in Ruby on Rails.
See also: RandomPownce
See interesting Pownce items, pulled together on one page (by robots).
(Credit: CNET Networks)