App.net financial backers show they're open to a paid Twitter alternative

Reblogged from GigaOM:

Is the world ready for a paid version of Twitter? Maybe so, backers have shown. Entrepreneur Dalton Caldwell's Kickstarter-esque campaign to develop a paid alternative to the social network hit its $500,000 funding goal on Sunday, well ahead of Monday's 11:59 PM deadline, raising questions as to what consumers really want when it comes to paid versus free internet services.

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good one for app.net

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