I want to join, but this carries over a lot of the same problems that modern social media has developed - primarily, insight into a heavy portion of my personal data and connections, without any assurance that it won't be monetized in an untoward fashion. It sucks, but it feels like Facebook et al.'s abuse of their position has ruined this kind of centralized social media platform forever. Promises aren't enough; it has to be built into the platform structure. So I'm wary.

Sidenote: boy, do pages load fast, though. No cruft, I love it.