http://tidbits.com/ App.net appeared from nowhere, raised $800,000 to launch a social networking system with huge similarities to Twitter, and has 15,000 people who have paid at least $50 for a year’s membership. Does it really think it can beat Twitter and Facebook at their own games? Not at all. en-us Copyright 2012 TidBITS Publishing Inc. Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDT Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDT editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) http://tidbits.com/images/tb_logo_152x55.png http://tidbits.com/ 55 152 TidBITS badge http://db.tidbits.com/article/13216?rss#comments_15839 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:40:51 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13216#comments_15839 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13216?rss#comments_15809 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:11:45 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13216#comments_15809
Why did you join?

The fee didn't limit you. The fee doesn't limit the audience. The early adopters are paying for more than the service. They're paying to make it succeed. Others wouldn't pay for it right now even if it was cheapePrice will probably drop over time. My $50 is well spent if it takes off & a wise investment if it doesn't. Others won't pay for it until it's more valuable to them

Open networks? What open networks are more interesting? The ones with more users? When you say 'open', do you mean 'free', like Myspace?:)

Spite? Nah! Hubris maybe but not spite.

Diaspora had a fair go. Not every business model can succeed.

You're hoping that you can ignore app.net until it goes away or becomes useful to you. Others are paying attention to it so that it does become useful.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13216?rss#comments_15615 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:28:46 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13216#comments_15615
Also, I think it's a really bad idea. The fee seriously limits the audience, and without wide appeal, I doubt if it will ever be as interesting as open networks. Plus, it feels like it was built simply to spite Twitter and reeks of sour grapes. No network built on spite has ever been successful - remember Diaspora?

I'm hoping I can continue to ignore app.net until it finally goes away.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13216?rss#comments_15528 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:45:25 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13216#comments_15528 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13216?rss#comments_15515 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:30:51 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13216#comments_15515 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13216?rss#comments_15513 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:10:46 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13216#comments_15513