IMHO .....because it was,
the real problem was that people didnt see its value, scalable online collaborative editing where some of the editors are programmable bots, i dont think people really realised its potential sadly.....
- That looks really cool
- I wonder how they do that (the synchronized live edits)
- I can't really think of any scenario where I would want to interact like that
Now I can see how some people might like it, but I really didn't - and I still find it a struggle to see it being used.
Perhaps the gulf between email and instant messaging isn't just a technological one, but actually corresponds the way most people are happy interacting?
IRC users see this.