Can someone give an example of an application that would be built on top of App.net?
tweetdeck.
The money part of App.net is a red herring
31–40 of 108 posts
Re: The money part of App.net is a red herring
#32I've been arguing that the App.net idea won't succeed for the past few days mainly because I like arguing, especially when I'm right. The App.net company on the other hand, will probably be fine. They just got ~$800k with few strings attached. When they realize that the idea isn't great, they'll probably have enough money left over to change it into something that works.
Re: The money part of App.net is a red herring
#33My current suspicion is that Dalton has no idea how to build what he wants, in fact he doesn't even know what the thing he wants is . So he's fanning the flames on this discussion to let everyone else come up with something for him.
I'm not sure if app.net will even begin to live up to the expectations of it's users and spectators, but maybe this is a discussion about how we would like to see services behave in the future. We can show people that respect for personal data, and an open API is greatly valued.
This is bigger than Dalton, it's about what we want the services we use to look like.
Re: The money part of App.net is a red herring
#34My current suspicion is that Dalton has no idea how to build what he wants, in fact he doesn't even know what the thing he wants is . So he's fanning the flames on this discussion to let everyone else come up with something for him.
He's trying to start a movement to figure it out. Big difference.
Re: The money part of App.net is a red herring
#35My current suspicion is that Dalton has no idea how to build what he wants, in fact he doesn't even know what the thing he wants is . So he's fanning the flames on this discussion to let everyone else come up with something for him.
I'm not sure if app.net will even begin to live up to the expectations of it's users and spectators, but maybe this is a discussion about how we would like to see services behave in the future. We can show people that respect for personal data, and an open API is greatly valued. This is bigger than Dalton, it's about what we want the services we use to look like.
This is the healthy outlook I wish more people had...and that we didn't need to throw money at a false idol to have that conversation.
Hence, the money being an intentional distraction (red herring) from the real issues.
Re: The money part of App.net is a red herring
#36"By the way, I put my $50 in out of pure morbid curiosity of what’s under the hood. In retrospect, I should’ve donated to a charity." That's a pretty callous way to end a post, Alex. It's not either-or. If you really feel that way, ask for a refund. Donate the money to charity whether you get the refund or not.
I had the same feeling the minute I completed my payment. I don't feel quite so negative but I feel very, very suspicious.
Re: The money part of App.net is a red herring
#37My current suspicion is that Dalton has no idea how to build what he wants, in fact he doesn't even know what the thing he wants is . So he's fanning the flames on this discussion to let everyone else come up with something for him.
He's trying to start a movement to figure it out. Big difference.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Re: The money part of App.net is a red herring
#38"By the way, I put my $50 in out of pure morbid curiosity of what’s under the hood. In retrospect, I should’ve donated to a charity." That's a pretty callous way to end a post, Alex. It's not either-or. If you really feel that way, ask for a refund. Donate the money to charity whether you get the refund or not.
I had the same feeling the minute I completed my payment. I don't feel quite so negative but I feel very, very suspicious.
I don't really feel negative, to be honest. Just noticing some things and wanting to point them out. From the comments so far, it seems I'm not alone in the things I've noticed.
Re: The money part of App.net is a red herring
#39app.net taught me that in 6 months I need to start another twitter clone, except this time the price of entry is $1000. I mean, just imagine the signal to noise ratio there!