> yes it's hard to articulate to your non-tech friends why they should spend $36/year on this.
Actually, I am a tech person, and I like to support App.net. I have not yet seen a reason to use the service.
> ...it's becoming a pretty positive place to hang out, and most of the people I care about listening to are there.
Ok. This is genuinely the first benefit I have heard about using it. Great. Please elaborate more. (I say this as someone looking for reasons to support App.net.)
There's people on App.net that he finds interesting to read, there's nothing to elaborate.
I participate a lot less on App.net, but I also find the community quite enjoyable, it looks like twitter circa 2007, mostly with opinionated tech people around.
App.net has a much higher signal-to-noise ratio in my experience, even among the same set of followers. Something about the culture of app.net seems to cause people to put more thought into what they're saying.
Actually, I am a tech person, and I like to support App.net. I have not yet seen a reason to use the service.
> ...it's becoming a pretty positive place to hang out, and most of the people I care about listening to are there.
Ok. This is genuinely the first benefit I have heard about using it. Great. Please elaborate more. (I say this as someone looking for reasons to support App.net.)