I feel like we as nerds should think in the long term. Communication should be controlled by the users. Think about all the companies who were screwed over by

I feel like we as nerds should think in the long term. Communication should be controlled by the users. Think about all the companies who were screwed over by Facebook's "Likegate." Decentralization is why I prefer Tent and IRC. App.net seems acceptable as well because of the open nature, though it is centralized.