It started good, and there were interesting people in the platform. Now it doesn't seem very active. Do you use it?
Ask HN: do you use App.net?
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Re: Ask HN: do you use App.net?
#2I've got an account but since I mostly use Twitter for bots etc., App.net loses out. Although there was some new stuff recently (metadata? PUBSUB? I forget) which made me think it was time to have another look at it.
Re: Ask HN: do you use App.net?
#3Not really anymore.
Re: Ask HN: do you use App.net?
#4Not really, no. It's been ages since I've logged in.
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#5tried it once, but did not like it, since everybody is on twitter anyway
Re: Ask HN: do you use App.net?
#6I've been thinking about this recently, as like others in this thread I too have't used it in a while, but I think it's less indicative of the quality of the premise behind App.net (pay = no ads + privacy) than how little I notice Twitter ads and consequently how little they alienate me onto another platform.
Re: Ask HN: do you use App.net?
#7I never understood the point, personally. App.net was created to fix the problems with Twitter. But to me, the root problem with Twitter is that it's centralized, and App.net doesn't even try to solve that.
Re: Ask HN: do you use App.net?
#8I always hear talk about "if you're not paying for it, you're not the customer". App.net was designed to solve that: you pay for it, so there's no ads, no privacy intrusions, and no worries about who is selling you to whom.
I guess the experiment failed, and free-to-play wins out.
Re: Ask HN: do you use App.net?
#9Tried it for a few days but I haven't used it since. The appeal of twitter isn't the concept anymore it's the fact that everyone else is using it
Re: Ask HN: do you use App.net?
#10I always hear talk about "if you're not paying for it, you're not the customer". App.net was designed to solve that: you pay for it, so there's no ads, no privacy intrusions, and no worries about who is selling you to whom. I guess the experiment failed, and free-to-play wins out.
A lot of the SAAS offering usually say something like "for just the price of a coffee a day you can get our service" but If I was to pay for every services I use daily I would need a third job.