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by anu_gupta 14y ago
There's been plenty of skepticism, especially at the start (IMO). I think the successful funding is at least a signal that there might be something here.
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
Twitter's success is a function of the emergent behaviour of users and applications built off the platform (including, but not limited to 3rd party clients). They're now trying to freeze innovation and homogenise us. That's the real killer,
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
Yup, it's easy to get caught up in the euphoria of reaching an arbitrary target. Still, I'm hopeful.
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
The reason that no one has managed to make a proper decentralised version of Twitter is that it's really, really hard - much harder than saying "what really needs to happen is..."
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
Yes, and yes (hopefully). It's a twitter alternative that will (hopefully) not treat users as product. It's also being thought about as a more open developer friendly platform (eg no constraints on clients because the service needs to show
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
Yes, it's 256 chars.
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
You're getting angry about something that you've imagined I've stated when in fact you agree with me. > People have to prioritize their lives Yes, totally agree. Prioritisation is inherently about making choices - I'm sure you don't dis
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
Yes, you could , you just choose not to.
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
> Also why on earth they adopted the Kickstarter model instead of the Pinboard.in model is beyond me. I would derive value from pinboard if I was the only subscriber. The same cannot be said for a social network like app.net. I joined T
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
Jamaica is also quite hot. Their athletes don't seem to mind so much.
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
Some / many people would not consider an app that cost more than 99cents expensive, and having a barrier to exclude those that do isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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by anu_gupta 14y ago
No, the upside is that as app.net relies on people paying money, the users are customers instead of being the product.