[andrew_simone]

I think much of the push back to App.net comes from not understanding the context in which Dalton et al. is building the platform.

Frankly, it wasn't until Dalton linked to PG's write-up of his PyCon talk that I really began to understand what his intentions were.

The write-up: http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ITLdmfdLI