App.net is a Pay Social Network that Focuses on Users Rather than Advertisers

A new social network has been creating a serious amount of buzz, and despite its unfortunate name, it has a smart premise and seems to be attracting a whole bunch of early paying customers. The network is called app.net, and it's a social network that promises to offer the same social services as other sites, but with a guarantee that they will "never sell your personal data" and that they will not even display advertisements on the network.