I really hope app.net meets its goal and gets traction. If nothing else, we need proof that business models other than advertising and data mining can work on the internet.
I'm getting sick of being the product. I want to be the customer.
With regards to the "205", does this imply the character count left for the status? Will app.net stick to the low character count of Twitter or introduce a different "tariff"?
Yes, it refers to the remaining characters. We have a limit of 256. The limit allows for complete thoughts and appears a lot in programming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/256_(number).
256 seems good to me, especially if URLs get treated differently. Twitter's URL shortening doesn't seem ideal, so maybe some other way of embedding a full URL, but not counting all the characters would be good?
Great work on the funding so far. It's looking likely that the goal will be met. Just need a few more people to hand over their cash.
You're going with a (generally) new twist on things, I'd encourage relooking the age-old social network UI/UX conventions. I know it's not reasonable or wise to reinvent everything, but there are definitely UX improvements to be made with the current conventions. Understand what users want out of the service/feature/page and go from there :)
@Derek Marler Thank you for the feedback. We'd definitely like to offer the best experience possible in new (and familiar) ways. Alpha is still very young. :)
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Ian Mintz
This an early version of App.net's new social feed. If you're interested in seeing it progress, please follow me. To learn more, visit join.app.net.
10 months ago
Interesting start, I'm feeling a lot of twitter vibes though.
10 months ago
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Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango
I really hope app.net meets its goal and gets traction. If nothing else, we need proof that business models other than advertising and data mining can work on the internet.
I'm getting sick of being the product. I want to be the customer.
10 months ago
With regards to the "205", does this imply the character count left for the status? Will app.net stick to the low character count of Twitter or introduce a different "tariff"?
10 months ago
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Ian Mintz
Yes, it refers to the remaining characters. We have a limit of 256. The limit allows for complete thoughts and appears a lot in programming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/256_(number).
10 months ago
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Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango
256 seems good to me, especially if URLs get treated differently. Twitter's URL shortening doesn't seem ideal, so maybe some other way of embedding a full URL, but not counting all the characters would be good?
Great work on the funding so far. It's looking likely that the goal will be met. Just need a few more people to hand over their cash.
10 months ago
This is probably a stupid question...but will there be any apps/mobile interface?
10 months ago
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Ian Mintz
We may be creating an iOS app, but a few outside developers have already started making their own!
10 months ago
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Derek Marler
You're going with a (generally) new twist on things, I'd encourage relooking the age-old social network UI/UX conventions. I know it's not reasonable or wise to reinvent everything, but there are definitely UX improvements to be made with the current conventions. Understand what users want out of the service/feature/page and go from there :)
Anyways, great job on the details!
9 months ago
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Ian Mintz
@Derek Marler Thank you for the feedback. We'd definitely like to offer the best experience possible in new (and familiar) ways. Alpha is still very young. :)
9 months ago
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Tobia Crivellari
Cool!
3 months ago