John Siricusa blatantly stated that he funded it before even fully understanding what it was. His support was based on Marco and Grueber (among others) supporting it.
Marco is supporting it but has blatantly said he doesn't think it's going to work out.
Dan Benjamin has echoed Marco's statements and implied that he specifically bought in to reserve a specific user name, which I imagine is just a precaution to protect his business name on a potential new service.
And Grueber... I don't know. I haven't listened to him in a long time.
Anyways, I wouldn't call that overwhelming support. I think it's a lot of tail chasing from a few people.
Notice that I didn't say I was supporting app.net because this group of people are supporting it. I'm supporting it because these are people who I find interesting will likely be there for a while. I don't really care _why_ they are there, just that they are there. Add Horace Dediu, Jim Dalrymple, MG Siegler, KenJennings - and I can now transition over. Of all those names, only KenJennings is unlikely to care - but, I have to believe, that for a while, crossposting to twitter/app.net, and a client that can sort out the two, and keep a unified feed, will resolve that issue.
Marco is supporting it but has blatantly said he doesn't think it's going to work out.
Dan Benjamin has echoed Marco's statements and implied that he specifically bought in to reserve a specific user name, which I imagine is just a precaution to protect his business name on a potential new service.
And Grueber... I don't know. I haven't listened to him in a long time.
Anyways, I wouldn't call that overwhelming support. I think it's a lot of tail chasing from a few people.