Thursday, August 9, 2012

App.net: to fund or not to fund?

There's a chance that you already read about resident bloggers Siegler & Gruber's thoughts on Dalton Caldwell's baby, App.net.

Now it's your turn.

I listed some of the reasons why you should or should not help in financing Caldwell's brainchild:

Why fund it:

  • You just want something new.
  • You hate the prospects of third-party developers being alienated.
  • You don't want to subject your online social experience to the whims of advertisers.
  • You want to pay for the services you use.
  • If you're sick of the ads in twitter.
  • If you're sick of the ads in Facebook.
  • If you're  sick of the lack of ads in Google+.
  • Facebook is too cluttered.
  • Twitter is too cluttered.
  • Google+ is way too cluttered this early.
  • Your mom is on facebook.
  • Your mom is on twitter.
  • Your mom is on Google+(?).
  • You just can't have enough social media accounts in a lifetime.

Why not fund it:

  • App.net doesn't offer something new to the table besides an ad-free social platform.
  • You don't like paying for social media services because seriously, who does that?
  • You already have too many social media accounts to last a lifetime
  • You like twitter.
  • You like facebook.
  • You like Google+(?).
  • Your mom already backed it.

App.net's funding campaign is halfway there and has 5 days left to complete it. It's faith is in your hands (and pocket).