It slightly rubs me the wrong way as well. Like you said, it doesn't explain the product much at all. Instead it asks us to invest $50+ just for liking his bus

It slightly rubs me the wrong way as well. Like you said, it doesn't explain the product much at all. Instead it asks us to invest $50+ just for liking his business philosophy. I think both are important. I have mixed feelings about it (if it is indeed a paid version of twitter). On the one hand, my biggest gripe with Twitter is that it should be federated, and I doubt that's the plan for this service. But on the other hand, if their philosophy is to listen to their (paying) customers, perhaps it is something they would be willing to change.