Twitter I might pay for, but it would have to be either much more reliable, or distributed. Maybe not even then. Publishing status updates that anyone can subsc

Twitter I might pay for, but it would have to be either much more reliable, or distributed. Maybe not even then. Publishing status updates that anyone can subscribe to, and having awesome lines of communication with folks I'd otherwise never speak to is awesome, but it seems there's something missing before I'd pay for it. Foursquare: Nope. It seems to me that the core of Foursquare is a feature that can be replicated on any site, and the only thing that makes it unique is the badges and the potential deals with retailers. Neither of which I'm willing to pay for.