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		AznHisoka on Aug 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: App.net to support activitystrea.ms, pubsubhubbub,... I have never heard of any of these. Isn't email good enough? We're just transmitting text from 1 person's monitor to another, not curing cancer here (not being cynical, but with ALL the press/commotion over this, you'd think he was doing something very ambitious)

andrew_simone on Aug 10, 2012 [–]

because he is doing something very ambitious. if you don't understand why, that's fine, but don't dismiss it on that account.

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