It's actually pretty amazing that a open source product developed by a tiny non-profit, running on a network of servers self-funded by volunteer administrator and moderators has managed to absorb some portion of one of the world's largest for-profit social networks.
It's a miracle the whole thing didn't collapse or catch fire.
Great job everyone.
@mike It's pretty amazing to me that people think computer software should be commercialised. The iPhone and Apple store introduced the world to the illusion that advertising makes software affordable.
Meanwhile, the free software community has been slowly chipping away at the hard problems of scalability, affordability and efficiency, and propping up the world when it breaks.
When the energy barrier is low enough, determined people will hack things until they work:
Mike McHargue
David Eccles (gringer)