Anyone familiar with Diaspora?
It looks like a good alternative to Facebook.
Too bad its still in Alpha stage. Any idea when it will be ready for general release?
I cant wait to use it, it look very secure compared to Facebook.
Anyone familiar with Diaspora?
It looks like a good alternative to Facebook.
Too bad its still in Alpha stage. Any idea when it will be ready for general release?
I cant wait to use it, it look very secure compared to Facebook.
I was interested, but the amount that their schedule has slipped by is not encouraging. In the meantime, Google+ has implemented a lot of their features. I can't see Diaspora gaining much headway, even if they do eventually release something. It'll see some use with free software enthusiasts but will remain largely underground, a bit like Identica.
I think the drum to beat regarding Diaspora would be the control of private information.
Google and Facebook knows pretty much everything about you by now, unless you use other services. For that reason alone I'd skip to Diaspora in a heartbeat were it in a usable state.
"Act only according to that maxim by which you can also will that it would become a universal law." - Immanuel Kant
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master." - Pravin Lal
Diaspora development is too slow. I hate to say it since I am/was a big supporter a year ago, but the core team appears to lack the competence and experience to make a good product.
Last edited by Thewhistlingwind; August 11th, 2011 at 12:02 AM.
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Google+ is a fail.
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How many people are working on Diaspora anyway?
As I said above I am looking for a social networking site that respects my privacy.
Unfortunately, Facebook does not respect my (our) privacy and that's a great concern for me.
I will stop using it soon (but its so addictive!)!
Diaspora was started by four fresh graduates from New York University, funded by Kickstarter. There was a lot of hype and hope surrounding it at the time, and there are many pods available today (check my sig for a free one you can sign up for). Unfortunately, it seems that their lack of experience showed and the first code release was horrifically insecure. According to security experts, these were newbie mistakes that indicated a lack of security knowledge by the core team, such that even if the obvious mistakes were patched, the overall design of the software is suspect.
Last edited by Thewhistlingwind; August 11th, 2011 at 05:48 AM.
Life is an extraordinarily long concatenation of luck and coincidence.
Back, back I say!
Anyway, I don't actually know the structure of either IRC nor Diaspora, but AFAIK IRC doesn't claim to protect your data.
Decentralization is always a good idea in principle, but then ideas are cheap - it seems that in FOSS we're always lacking in competence, experience and manpower
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