Michael Powers wants to do what so many others have failed to do: build an online social network that’s outside the grip of any one company — and that people like you will actually use.
We’ve seen countless underground hackers build decentralized alternatives to Facebook and Twitter over the years, but so far these open source contraptions have failed to attract anything close to the number of people who use Facebook and Twitter and other commercial services almost constantly. But Powers, a serial entrepreneur based in Washington, D.C., thinks he can finally crack the code.
Really?!??!??!1 A Dam modal window for my email address with NO CLOSE BUTTON?
Are you kidding me? I can’t even hit esc. Are you serious with this crap?
Enjoy the worthless email I used so I can express my anger in this comment box.
Why bother coming here.