Shut App.net down already

It's a shame App.net failed to live up to all their promises.

Services that make the minimum to survive are kidding themselves. There will come a time where something major happens - DB crashes, DDOS, website hacked - and the founders won't have the necessary resources or motivation to go fix it and it will die.

what the fuck is app.net

Anyone remember Diaspora?

I've been on app.net(ADN) since the launch, disquiet around it's aim and ability to survive has periodically swirled around the community there, people who paid $50 to get in on an ad-free platform for the most part feel a strong sense of ownership.

My own feeling is that it's Developer focus and unwillingness to nurture non-Dev communities and initiatives was an oversight.

Check in in ADN and it's mostly impenetrable developer chat, that's impenetrable for new users.

This post by Brianna Wu expresses one side of the argument,

http://www.revolution60.com/page2/index.php?id=84850310691

I'll be sad to see ADN go under for the friendships and interaction I have there that doesn't compare to my other social networks.

I really liked the idea of App.net. It's a shame it didn't draw in the crowds it deserved.

I think that's what http://www.museblox.com is trying to do. Ad-free + undisclosed data social network like App.net. I hear they're working on mobile platforms next.