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1. astrod+Z2[view] [source] 2017-01-13 02:17:36
>>antina+(OP)
This reeked of being dead the day it launched, so it's hardly surpising, but it's also tragic.

Why is it so hard to create a Twitter alternative that's popular and effective? Does the world tend to gravitate towards single standards for these things, like Facebook, HTTP or email?

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2. jamon5+hf[view] [source] 2017-01-13 05:37:23
>>astrod+Z2
This is one of the big problems App.net always had, in that it wasn't at all intended to be a "Twitter alternative". Alpha was supposed to be an example of what could be built on the platform, not the entire product itself.
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