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EwanToo on Aug 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dalton Caldwell: App.net is not Vaporware

I think the real bubble is people ignoring the existence of status.net and identi.ca, and the reasons why they never took off as alternatives to twitter.

Status.net has evolved into a private twitter for companies but the identica service still runs, still has a user base, and is everything you need for an alternative to twitter.

rdl on Aug 9, 2012 [–]

Random Canadian company vs. a well-connected Silicon Valley founder would potentially be sufficient.

Or 2012 vs. 2009.

huggyface on Aug 9, 2012 | [–]

Random Canadian company vs. a well-connected Silicon Valley founder would potentially be sufficient.

You mean as a reason to choose the former, right?

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