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No ;) Obviously you are not alone in liking Twitter, but seriously, no reason whatsoever? I don't doubt what you say. I just find it astonishing that Twitter

No ;) Obviously you are not alone in liking Twitter, but seriously, no reason whatsoever? I don't doubt what you say. I just find it astonishing that Twitter behavior and service has been such an absolute match for you.

untog 14y ago
Well I'm sure that plenty could be done to improve Twitter, but I'd ask whether app.net does any of those things. Last time I looked it is pretty much exactly the same.
- twog 14y ago
  Thats exactly how I feel as well. I would pay for a social network if it created a new/better experience for me, but App.net is a twitter clone. What can I do on app.net that I cant do on twitter? What part of the experience do they beat Twitter on? App.net also hasnt been successful enough to attract the majority of people I follow on Twitter. So their value proposition for me looks like this: Im paying for something that looks, functions, and feels like Twitter without the people to follow to create that content.
  - signed0 14y ago
    > What can I do on app.net that I cant do on twitter? What part of the experience do they beat Twitter on? Build or use your own app without worrying about hitting a token/user limit.
    - twog 14y ago
      But Im not planning on building my own app. So the value I get for paying 50/year is empowering app developers?
      - signed0 14y ago
        I also said use. The primary thing I dislike about Twitter is that they now limit apps to 100K tokens. This past weekend Falcon Pro, the Twitter client I use, reached the limit and is now unable to offer it to additional users. This also impacts me as a user because the official Twitter apps have special privileges that third party apps do not. I believe this is why third party apps do not support push notifications.
    - Wilya 14y ago
      That's a limitation for people who build apps, not for the users. And it's not even that, it's a limitation for people who build apps and expect to scale them quite a bit, which, given the crowded space, doesn't really happen by accident. This has pretty much no influence on users. It might slower the innovation a bit, but it's not like there's much innovation happening there to begin with..
    - hvs 14y ago
      So now you have your own app with which you can follow nobody.

untog 14y ago

Well I'm sure that plenty could be done to improve Twitter, but I'd ask whether app.net does any of those things. Last time I looked it is pretty much exactly the same.

twog 14y ago
Thats exactly how I feel as well. I would pay for a social network if it created a new/better experience for me, but App.net is a twitter clone. What can I do on app.net that I cant do on twitter? What part of the experience do they beat Twitter on? App.net also hasnt been successful enough to attract the majority of people I follow on Twitter. So their value proposition for me looks like this: Im paying for something that looks, functions, and feels like Twitter without the people to follow to create that content.
- signed0 14y ago
  > What can I do on app.net that I cant do on twitter? What part of the experience do they beat Twitter on? Build or use your own app without worrying about hitting a token/user limit.
  - twog 14y ago
    But Im not planning on building my own app. So the value I get for paying 50/year is empowering app developers?
    - signed0 14y ago
      I also said use. The primary thing I dislike about Twitter is that they now limit apps to 100K tokens. This past weekend Falcon Pro, the Twitter client I use, reached the limit and is now unable to offer it to additional users. This also impacts me as a user because the official Twitter apps have special privileges that third party apps do not. I believe this is why third party apps do not support push notifications.
  - Wilya 14y ago
    That's a limitation for people who build apps, not for the users. And it's not even that, it's a limitation for people who build apps and expect to scale them quite a bit, which, given the crowded space, doesn't really happen by accident. This has pretty much no influence on users. It might slower the innovation a bit, but it's not like there's much innovation happening there to begin with..
  - hvs 14y ago
    So now you have your own app with which you can follow nobody.