They keep inviting comparisons to e-mail and instant messaging, and they keep insisting how app.net is not twitter. In many ways, all we know at this point is

They keep inviting comparisons to e-mail and instant messaging, and they keep insisting how app.net is not twitter. In many ways, all we know at this point is what app.net is not, and not what it is designed to do. The additional problem in all of this is that they're selling this service to developers, not users. Users are not going to care whether they use app.net, twitter, or whatever. Most are just wanting to see what Oprah or Shaq are going to say next. I see this project as more of an expression of collective frustration on behalf of anyone working in social media. I don't see it as a viable service.