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MK Owens started following the problem "People are selling twitter accounts now" in Twitter.

Michael Owens replied on April 13, 2008 05:59 to the problem "People are selling twitter accounts now" in Twitter:

http://twitter.com/andrewbaron should be banned, as should anyone who tries to sell an account. This is ludicrous and bring shame upon the community.

Edit: Selling accounts like this seems like something that would violate terms of service. I'm not going to spend time looking it up because it doesn't bother me enough to do so . . . but Twitter should be worried about the monetization of its services.

Michael Owens reported a problem in Pownce on March 06, 2008 02:24:

New Private Notes Not Sending Properly.

Private Notes don't seem to be working properly after what appears to be an update today.

I get "Select a valid choice. That choice is not one of the available choices." every time I attempt to send a private note. Not exactly sure what the change was to the private notes functionality that is causing this to occur, but I've tried to use the private notes sending functionality just like you would with the public notes functionality. If this is wrong, let me know please. :-)

You can see the actual error here: http://logicblur.com/pownceBug01.jpg

Michael Owens marked one of Daniel Burka's replies in Pownce as useful. Daniel Burka replied to the idea "Add scrolling ("overflow:scroll;") to mobile Pownce's boxes?".

Michael Owens marked one of Ariel Waldman's replies in Pownce as useful. Ariel Waldman replied to the problem "Frequent Server Connection Time Outs (i can haz moar inturweb toobz for Pownce?)".

Michael Owens replied on March 02, 2008 21:21 to the problem "Frequent Server Connection Time Outs (i can haz moar inturweb toobz for Pownce?)" in Pownce:

Thanks for letting me know. I look forward to it being fixed.

Michael Owens replied on March 02, 2008 21:20 to the idea "Add scrolling ("overflow:scroll;") to mobile Pownce's boxes?" in Pownce:

The Pownce team is so loverly. :-)

Michael Owens shared an idea in Pownce on February 29, 2008 14:54:

Add scrolling ("overflow:scroll;") to mobile Pownce's boxes?

I, like many Powncers, have an iPhone that I like to use in public places to make myself feel special and have others go "ooh, how do you like your iPhone" (no, really, this is one of the main reasons people get iPhones, didn't you know that?). Well, now that I am getting back into Pownce after being gone for basically the same amount of time that Pownce has been open to anyone (as opposed to invite-only), I want to be even cooler and when people ask me what I'm doing on my iPhone, I can say "Powncing!" and they'll be all like "Srsly?! What's that?!"

Well, currently, the mobile Pownce app is pretty good. It has some known issues that I'm sure are going to be addressed in the next mobile Pownce update, but one that is really problematic is that on replying / posting / etc via an iPhone, you can't easily scroll up and down inside of a particular textarea box unless it is explicitly given scrollbars via the CSS "overflow-y: scroll" ("overflow-y: auto" may also work, but I don't think it does). While scrollbars take up precious mobile real estate and field of view, it would really solve a big issue: if I need to change something earlier in my reply/post, I have to either fight with the iPhone's problematic finger-guided cursor placement and hope that it will scroll up/down a line in the textarea when I flick upwards/downwards inside of the textarea OR I just have to completely rewrite what I was writing, and as you can see, I can be somewhat longwinded.

Anyways, hopefully the addition of scrollbars would be a quick and easy fix.

Love Pownce, always have, always will.

Michael Owens reported a problem in Pownce on February 29, 2008 14:44:

Frequent Server Connection Time Outs (i can haz moar inturweb toobz for Pownce?)

Navigating the site on an internet connection that is having no problems, I receive the "Problem loading page" connection timeout message about every other page load. It doesn't really seem to matter what page that I am attempting to use, whether it be posting a note, going to my Home page, or visiting someone else's Pownce.

"The connection has timed out. The server at pownce.com is taking too long to respond."

It appears to most likely be a server load issue now that Pownce is open to everyone instead of being invite-only.

NOTE: I just returned from a brief hiatus from Pownce, so I do not know if this is a known issue or not. I looked through the current GS Problems for Pownce and did not see it, so hopefully Leah or Ariel will be able to get this looked into, as it is a debilitating problem, making it nearly impossible to use the site.

Michael Owens replied on January 02, 2008 05:55 to the problem "Flickr Images STILL not showing up properly for my account." in Pownce:

I love you, Leah. Really. I actually didn't even realize this had finally been fixed until I tried to embed my first day of my 366 day challenge photos.

I know the life of a dev, and I'm just glad you actually take the time to be interactive with your users. This is one of the reasons I went pro.

Michael Owens started following the problem "Public posts disappear after you friend a fan..." in Pownce.

Michael Owens replied on December 20, 2007 12:26 to the problem "Flickr Images STILL not showing up properly for my account." in Pownce:

Any word on the dash being fixed? I really would like to start using my Flickr name that has a dash on it instead of the @number.

This is a really big issue for me (it actually has caused me to not post photos anymore on Pownce).

Michael Owens replied on October 21, 2007 22:40 to the problem "Flickr Images STILL not showing up properly for my account." in Pownce:

Problem with that solution is that if someone clicks on it to get a better view, they get a broken link.

I wonder if this is a problem in Pownce or in the Flickr API

Michael Owens replied on October 15, 2007 22:01 to the problem "Flickr Images STILL not showing up properly for my account." in Pownce:

Any word, Leah?

Michael Owens replied on October 12, 2007 08:35 to the problem "Flickr Images STILL not showing up properly for my account." in Pownce:

http://flickr.com/photos/sbr-designs/...

Michael Owens replied on October 10, 2007 23:45 to the problem "Flickr Images STILL not showing up properly for my account." in Pownce:

On a side note: this is the 2nd time I've posted this problem and gotten no resolution either time.

It's really getting annoying.

Michael Owens replied on October 10, 2007 23:44 to the problem "Flickr Images STILL not showing up properly for my account." in Pownce:

"Extra Step" means having to register and join another site instead of handling all of the bug requests, feature requests, etc in-house using the system itself. Ideally, Pownce should have their own "Feature Request" button / section / etc that is on the Pownce site.

While having someone handle the development of your "Customer Support" application, there are tons of open source applications that provide the ability to track features and bug reports, etc. For web applications and offline applications alike, I am a firm believer of centralizing and not requiring users to utilize anything but the service that they are using. For example, Pownce could have put these exact same forums but with a Pownce flavor on their website as a link on the left-hand nav. Clicking on it could automatically log you in using your Pownce user credentials and take you to their customer feedback area. That way, neither the developers or the Pownce users have to leave http://pownce.com

Essentially, my motto on things like this is: if you have to leave a website to provide feedback on how their website is doing, then there's a problem in the customer-developer communication already.

Michael Owens reported a problem in Pownce on October 09, 2007 13:20:

Flickr Images STILL not showing up properly for my account.

Okay. I thought I had this issue figured out once before because of my privacy settings on Flickr, but I changed them to as public as you can go practically. The issue still exists. No matter how I post the Flickr image URL, it does not convert into a thumbnail for me (I've tried Firefox, IE7, the Pownce App on WinXP posting the url in every possible fashion). Please check into this and let me know why they are not converting. http://pownce.com/elagothro/notes/818... is an example note.

On a sidenote: as a Pro user, I am starting to get disappointed and annoyed by the number of bugs that Pownce continues to have and SIMPLE functionalities that have been suggested by hundreds of users in posts and on the Pownce PbWiki. I understand development takes time and that maybe only a few bug/suggestion reports have been filed, but really not having any bug report feature other than GetSatisfaction is hindering your responses, I think. It's an extra step that prevents the majority of users from trying to contact you.

Michael Owens replied on September 26, 2007 12:52 to the question "I can't get pictures to display." in Pownce:

Figured out a reason why Flickr images don't show up. If 3rd-party searches are disabled, it disables the Flickr API, and I assume that is what Pownce is using to create the thumbnails. I don't like that I can't disable 3rd party searches and leave the API intact, but whatever.

Michael Owens replied on September 26, 2007 10:53 to the question "I can't get pictures to display." in Pownce:

I'm having a problem with Flickr images not showing up. I've linked directly to the image just like in the "example" as well. I'm getting rather frustrated by this because it was supposed to be an easy "just insert link" function, and it works for EVERYONE that I've spoke to so far in the exact same method that I used.