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Re:App.net is shutting down by Illniyar on Friday January 13, 2017 @01:15AM (#13388817)
So a social network? weird name for a social network.
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Re:App.net is shutting down by transitorykris on Friday January 13, 2017 @03:17AM (#13389258)
It wasn't meant to be just a stand alone social network/twitter clone. The idea was to allow developers to build apps on it (even their own twitter clone, why not?) and skip having to build a social graph themselves.
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Re:App.net is shutting down by kwood on Friday January 13, 2017 @03:09AM (#13389220)
The original idea was to focus a lot on the API part of the site, so that developers can build all kinds of apps around the service, hence the name.
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