App.net will change nothing. The vast majority of users will not switch from Facebook or Twitter unless there is some compelling reason to do so. Reddit took

App.net will change nothing. The vast majority of users will not switch from Facebook or Twitter unless there is some compelling reason to do so. Reddit took traffic from Digg because Digg 4.0 was a horribly bloated implementation. Facebook took traffic from Myspace because Myspace was a complete and utter mess on par with Geocities. Google took traffic from Altavista and Yahoo because their service was just plain better. Ads are rarely ever a reason that users swap services, and because your average user doesn't care AT ALL about the trials and tribulations of developers who are trying to make a buck off the APIs of those companies, they aren't going to care about App.net products either.