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I have been looking for the perfect micro-blogging service. In the last one week I tried 3 services: , and . Here is what I liked in each: Twitter The good - Simple and elegant. Gets the job done....

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I have been looking for the perfect micro-blogging service. In the last one week I tried 3 services: Twitter, Tumblr and Pownce.

Here is what I liked in each:

Twitter

The good

  • Simple and elegant. Gets the job done.

  • Has IM support.

  • Good Facebook integration.

The bad

  • The 140 character limit is more limiting than SMS.

  • All twitters are public.

  • No option to comment on twitters. The @ replies are confusing.

Tumblr

The good

  • Really cool interface. Ability to post text, photos, links, audio and video in one place.

  • Import entries from other services like del.icio.us, flickr, twitter etc.

  • Re-blogging.

  • Easy sharing of all my entries with people in my social-network.

  • Ability to comment on entries.

  • Entries can be either for self or public.

  • Good archive view.

The bad

  • No Facebook integration yet.

  • The timestamp on imported entries is wrong (possibly because of timezone differences).

  • Some of the entries are not imported - looks like a bug.

Pownce

The good

  • Simple interface.

  • Extensive privacy options for entries.

  • Looks like there is Facebook integration (not tried this yet).

The bad

  • There is no ability to import entries from other services.

All 3 services have API support.

I am still on the look out for a good microbloging service. I need some service that offers the simplicity of Twitter and the features of Tumblr. I will stick to Twitter until I see one service that helps me with all my requirements.