[ashark]

Hm. Spin it up under a non-profit, create or build upon an open protocol. Appeal to the folks who think the Internet would be better off with something twitter-like but as kind-of a public service, and more open.

If you do allow responses/conversations, allow it only between users who follow one another. But maybe just don't allow it at all.

[EDIT] actually, if anyone's thinking about doing this and wants to chat... email's in my profile.