Re:App.net project update #1
by peterwiese on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @05:39PM
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if it is my final paragraph that is correct, then i don't understand why you are referring to twitter et al when announcing your service. you are obviously not in competition with them at all (with the exception of bot nets as a customer base maybe).
This is a catch-22. I have to refer to the comparable service and API to give some idea of what we are talking about, and where the inspiration came from.
Whether any startup founder likes it or not, their startups and projects will get put into buckets and will get called things like "the X of Y" or "like X a Y put together" or "X for dogs".
Also, keep in mind, a large portion of the growth of Twitter was driven by the technical innovation of 3rd-party developers (ie the first iOS app)
They built their service on the back of cool things developers built, and now seem intent on destroying the very same ecosystem which ensured their popularity now that they are succesful -> http://daltoncaldwell.com/what-twitter-could-have-been
I think this sucks, and I am trying to do something about it, rather than just complain on the Internet.