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Saying goodbye to old networks
This week I'm saying goodbye to an old network as App.net is shutting down http://blog.app.net/2017/01/12/app-net-is-shutting-down/.
I joined App.net back in 2012 with the promise of a social network with a different business model from Twitter. It was a service focused on benefiting developers and users who were willing to pay for a better experience rather than advertisers and data mining. Unfortunately that idea wasn't enough and App.net couldn't become a sustainable business. Rather than breaking their promise and becoming yet another advertising network they scaled back the service and ultimately had to close the doors.
As another social network fades into the background I'm taking some time to reflect on what I've gained rather than lost. I've met some amazing people on App.net and have been lucky enough to keep up with them as they've moved on to other places. I've also gained some useful development experience. For those reasons I'll remember App.net with fond and happy memories rather than mourn it's loss. As far as I am concerned, App.net was a success.
- @mcscx@quitter.se repeated this.
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@thrrgilag my suggestion:the app.net admins should hand over the app.net domain to someone who will create a !GNUsocial instance on app.net!
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@mcscx That would have been nice but the owners seem to be very unresponsive to their users. I should add that to the reason the network ultimately failed. Supposedly they will open up the source code but we'll see if that actually happens. No idea what if anything they'll do with the domain in the end.
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Does anyone know who that #admin is?
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@childoftheuniverse ok, that is indeed a point. @thrrgilag
Morgan McMillian
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