The best direction for App.net would be to make developer accounts free. You are building a platform, you want lots of apps. It doesn't make sense to charge de

The best direction for App.net would be to make developer accounts free. You are building a platform, you want lots of apps. It doesn't make sense to charge developers $100/year. These are the people who are going to innovate on your platform. These are the people who will make your platform more visible by integrating it into various services. The company I work for has Facebook / Twitter sign up. I use app.net and I would add a signup option to our website if I did not have to pay $100/yr to do it. Not when perhaps a handful of people will use it and I will see no return on this $64 additional investment.