App.net is Shutting Down (app.net)

Posted by msmash on Friday January 13, 2017 @02:00AM from the didn't-work-out dept.

Social network App.net is shutting down once and for all in March. The company said on March 14 it will be deleting all user data. The announcement comes two years after the company ceased active development on the platform. From the official blog post: Ultimately, we failed to overcome the chicken-and-egg issue between application developers and user adoption of those applications. We envisioned a pool of differentiated, fast-growing third-party applications would sustain the numbers needed to make the business work. Our initial developer adoption exceeded expectations, but that initial excitement didn't ultimately translate into a big enough pool of customers for those developers. This was a foreseeable risk, but one we felt was worth taking.

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Re:Where's the App guy when you need him? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-13 05:14 · Score: 1, Funny

My copyrighted, trademarked, and app patented HOSTS file system would have prevented this app company's failure.

-APPK

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P.P.S. HOSTS Rob app
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