I think comparing Dalton project to twitter is wrong. It's wrong because the whole point of it is that there is huge potential for something else, something more. I think Dalton's vision of what the project could be is blurry and I think thats a good thing.
So does Paul Graham - "The popular image of the visionary is someone with a clear view of the future, but empirically it may be better to have a blurry one."
I donated because I want to see him try and would like to see something new (not twitter) come out of this. I think people lack imagination (myself included) and thats why they keep saying it's a twitter clone that is paid. I'm really glad he has enough courage to try. Thank you, Dalton.