I anticipated your response (not you personally, the point you're making). I agree App.net needs top-notch personalities with interesting content or discussion.

I anticipated your response (not you personally, the point you're making). I agree App.net needs top-notch personalities with interesting content or discussion. I don't agree with the "no 'there' there" premise, however -- I've already found that in spades. But I'm of the tech crowd. If they can draw more people from the margins of the tech world who can pull their communities in, there were be a lot more "there" to go around.