{"id":6637,"date":"2017-02-03T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6637"},"modified":"2017-02-01T14:20:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:20:59","slug":"linked-app-net-shutting-down-twitter-like-social-platform-on-march-14-open-sources-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/02\/03\/linked-app-net-shutting-down-twitter-like-social-platform-on-march-14-open-sources-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;App.net shutting down Twitter-like social platform on March 14, open-sources code&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3416,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/venturebeat.com\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/12\\\/app-net-shutting-down-twitter-like-social-platform-on-march-14-open-sources-code&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220525203902\\\/https:\\\/\\\/venturebeat.com\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/12\\\/app-net-shutting-down-twitter-like-social-platform-on-march-14-open-sources-code\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 04:04:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-22 23:19:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 05:19:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 10:36:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 12:11:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 21:24:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 21:24:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2017\/01\/12\/app-net-shutting-down-twitter-like-social-platform-on-march-14-open-sources-code\/\">via VentureBeat<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>In November 2012, it launched a free trial program to bring more users onto the site, but over the long-term, everyone had to pay for the service. This probably lost the company users, which is why it implemented a freemium offering several months later. By May 2013, there were 100,000 users.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you hadn\u2019t heard about App.net until now, you\u2019d be forgiven. Activity around the platform essentially slowed to a crawl several years ago when App.net shifted into \u201cmaintenance mode.\u201d This was done to protect what little funds the company had left. \u201cSince then, every dollar App.net has charged has gone toward paying for the hosting and services needed to keep the site running,\u201d Caldwell and Berg wrote in their farewell post on the site. But few investment opportunities have come up, which left the two with no way of reviving the service.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was a paid App.net user. It\u2019s a shame to see them go. The more I wish Twitter offered pay-tiers for an ad-free experience, the more I see cases where this route didn\u2019t work. Charging for a social network simply doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via VentureBeat: In November 2012, it launched a free trial program to bring more users onto the site,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-02-03T14:20:59Z","apple_news_api_id":"b84bcca7-5744-42cc-a7aa-1b20da4b7d89","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-02-03T14:20:59Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AuEvMp1dEQsynqhsg2kt9iQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1J3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3863,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/10\/23\/social-media-shift-twitterapp-net-sharing-media-via-micro-blogs-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":6637,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Social Media Shift: Twitter>>>App.net &#038; Sharing Media via Micro-Blogs again","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It's so hard to use social media. 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