7-Weeks In, Dalton Caldwell's App.net Gets First Dedicated iOS App, Passes 17,500 Users - TechCrunch

Back in July, Dalton Caldwell (of imeem and picplz fame) announced an "audacious" goal: To create a better, developer-and-user-supported (and ad-free) alternative to Twitter. And so App.net was born. About a month later, the subscription-based, third party app-supporting Twitter clone reached its fund-raising goal of $500K - all of which came from a community of 7,500+ enthusiastic supporters.

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