App.net got funded, and I’m happy to say I’m a backer, if you’d like to follow me over there and give the service a try.
If you aren’t familiar, App.net is a new user-supported alternative to Twitter which, thanks to its funding from advertisers and VCs, is becoming increasingly developer- and even user-hostile. Actually, I think App.net may be the first social network whose users truly are its first and only customers.
App.net is just an alpha for now. But this initial round of funding is a big step towards something great.
