Because this is the first year I've heard of App.net and so many things nowadays fail once its had a moment of popularity? Tent is an improvement on twitter, which we want. Jabber is an improvement on msn which noone is running away from.

I just watched the welcome video, but I still have no idea what app.net is.

I did just listen to some guy tell me why he should get paid for 3 minutes. So that's something.

That's the exact same experience I had.

Are you suggesting that Jabber is a failure? You're aware that it's the underlying protocol for the massively popular Facebook Chat, as well as GTalk, right?

People are wanting to run away from Twitter, with various options. People aren't running away from MSN, they are running to its replacements such as facebook messenger

This doesn't make any sense. AFAIK App.net did not exist until 2012. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

Yeah, same here. Suddenly, two or three months ago, HN started talking about how revolutionary this "App.net" is and I still a) don't know what the hell is it (no, their webpage doesn't help either), and b) why did someone use the name "App.net" for social something instead of an app marketplace.

2012: Twitter/Facebook will be done in a matter of months; the reason is App.net

Yawn.

Can you find me a source for anyone anywhere saying that?