The idea that social networking should be a medium and not a product; that you should control your own data and network presence; and that network users are participants, not livestock, has resonated with a lot of people.
Evan posted that, and I think that sums up this movement well. Talking about social networks and corporate websites, and the social and privacy implications of them, are a daily conversation for me. I am glad to have a tool like StatusNet to be able to have that conversation, to show that there are alternatives to Twitter and Facebook.
So, congratulations, identi.ca and company. 