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App.net funded with $500,000.

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Re: App.net funded with $500,000.

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Post by rumblestrut »

arunoda wrote: post #16

This is awesome. But the real question is how they got funded more than 50% in just 4 days? It's amazing. I hope this is not a manual increase of the counter.

Most Kickstarter-like campaigns start out strong, dip down, then get a lot of traction right before the close of the project (for the ones that are going to be successful).

Re: App.net funded with $500,000.

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Post by dave_sullivan »

That's pretty amazing. Clearly app.net is tapping into something that people are starting to feel pretty strongly about--the benefits of "free" aren't necessarily worth the consequences in the longterm.

I could see a similar model of aligning user/company interests rather than advertiser/company interests working for other services--email probably being the biggest that comes to mind.

This is actually a good thing for revenue as even a small membership fee is going to VASTLY outweigh the per user revenue generated from advertising. We'll see if this idea is capable of jumping from internet nerdom to the mainstream, but mainstream users are also becoming more and more aware of the actual cost of 'free' products.

So... congrats app.net team, and good luck!

Re: App.net funded with $500,000.

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Post by Leynos »

terhechte wrote: post #3

I've been using the alpha for the past days and it's really refreshing. Interesting discussions, and the API that is shaping up, looks really good. Congratulations and thanks Dalton.

How many characters does it allow per message? From the screenshots, it looks like 256. Is this correct?

Thanks.

Re: App.net funded with $500,000.

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Post by jmandzik »

arunoda wrote: post #16

This is awesome. But the real question is how they got funded more than 50% in just 4 days? It's amazing. I hope this is not a manual increase of the counter.

I think a large part of the strong finish is a feedback loop. As it gets closer to achieving the goal, the belief that this concept could take off strengthens, which leads to more signups.

That and the press blitz, of course.

Re: App.net funded with $500,000.

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Post by shell0x »

I don't want to ask dumb questions and I also read the content on their site, but I'm still not sure if it's just a twitter alternative or more. And what about identica? Isn't it a similar service like app.net?

Re: App.net funded with $500,000.

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Post by sdqali »

jmandzik wrote: post #25
arunoda wrote: post #16

This is awesome. But the real question is how they got funded more than 50% in just 4 days? It's amazing. I hope this is not a manual increase of the counter.

I think a large part of the strong finish is a feedback loop. As it gets closer to achieving the goal, the belief that this concept could take off strengthens, which leads to more signups. That and the press blitz, of course.

And celebrity users endorsing it would have helped as well. For example - Robert Scoble, Stephen Fry (https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/234695539357257728) etc.

Re: App.net funded with $500,000.

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Post by anu_gupta »

Leynos wrote: post #24
terhechte wrote: post #3

I've been using the alpha for the past days and it's really refreshing. Interesting discussions, and the API that is shaping up, looks really good. Congratulations and thanks Dalton.

How many characters does it allow per message? From the screenshots, it looks like 256. Is this correct? Thanks.

Yes, it's 256 chars.

Re: App.net funded with $500,000.

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Post by dkrich »

I'm not really sure what the purpose of this service is. Could somebody please explain? I'm not trying to be a dick. I myself wouldn't pay to use Facebook minus the ads. I barely use it as it is. I only pay for things that provide me with some utility. The description of "a paid, real-time social feed" is vague and ambiguous.
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