Allow me to launch into a short tale - when I first showed my brother Facebook, he gave me a confused look. When I showed him twitter, he asked me what he's supposed to do on there. Same for micro.blog, but with two added comments - 1. You're supposed to pay for this thing? 2. Why is it so difficult to 'create my microblog'?

I think Manton's service is going to be around till he moves on to the next project. It'll grow slowly, partly because he won't advertise and partly because the collaborative Open Web and hopes of "overturning the iceberg" are pipe dreams.

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