Main problem was that Twitter wasn't quite bad enough for people to stop using it. Even if the website / official app was a mess, most of the App.net early ado

Main problem was that Twitter wasn't quite bad enough for people to stop using it. Even if the website / official app was a mess, most of the App.net early adopters use third-party Twitter clients anyways. If even the people who paid for App.net were still using both systems, and cross-posting, that wasn't really sustainable once the initial interest was gone.