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I received an email reminder with the subject line "Your App.net subscription will renew soon" two days before they charged my card.

I was waiting for them to do more with app.net than just a Twitter clone. I guess I'll be waiting a long time!

It would be really interesting to take a look at the finances, see where the money went.



The APIs allow developer to do significantly more than just be a "Twitter clone". Just a few examples:

File storage: https://directory.app.net/app/182/filebase/

Mobile group chat: https://directory.app.net/app/238/whisper/

Personal memory log: https://directory.app.net/app/229/ohai/

IRC style chat rooms: https://directory.app.net/app/145/patter/


The money went to payroll. That's always where the money goes. Sometimes it's payroll with a dash of marketing.


sometimes it's fucking _all marketing_, i worked at a place who burned through user acquisition and just spent that money on more user acquisition, but that's the exception, i think. ;)




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