App.net dies on March 14th, 2017
 

Remember App.net, the (initially) paid-for Twitter clone that promised a platform dedicated to its users, rather than advertisers? The service launched in a blaze of glory, earning well in excess of its $500,000 crowdfunding target. Five years later,...

https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/13/...rch-14th-2017/