Diaspora breaks $100k and all of Kickstarter's records

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Post by adamhowell » Thu, May 13, 2010, 4:44 PM UTC

Diaspora breaks $100k and all of Kickstarter's records
kickstarter.com

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Post by stuntmouse » Thu, May 13, 2010, 5:02 PM UTC

$100,383 @ 10:02 AM PST.

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Post by pclark » Thu, May 13, 2010, 5:06 PM UTC

I doubt this will hurt Facebook. I don't believe regular users on the whole care about privacy. Especially if you compare the value of Facebook (all my friends, photos, events, chat) vs privacy cost.

One interesting implementation they could strive for is rather than expecting users to host their own server, ask them for an AWS key and use that - that way Amazon handles all billing, uptime, etc.

Also the name blows, and they're self professed nerds - generally terrible at making a user experience for regular users.

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Post by adamhowell » Thu, May 13, 2010, 5:08 PM UTC

Source for "and all of Kickstarter's records" bit:

http://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/13922920432

Re: Diaspora breaks $100k and all of Kickstarter's records

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Post by DLarsen » Thu, May 13, 2010, 5:11 PM UTC

While I haven't followed this story all that closely, what makes people so confident that this particular project will have legs?

From a quick glance at the description of their effort, I wonder whether this will really be viable. My mom doesn't use FB for any other reason than that it's the most convenient way to send messages and pictures to friends. For her to move to anything else, it has to be easier. Try explaining to your mother-in-law that she needs to install a node.

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Post by Emore » Thu, May 13, 2010, 5:17 PM UTC

I wouldn't give them a dime, at this point. They don't even have a proof of concept, and giving them more money than they ask for is certainly counter-productive.

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Post by bcardarella » Thu, May 13, 2010, 5:18 PM UTC

This is going to be the most overhyped and underwhelming web project ever. This entire group looks like they have vaporware written all over them.

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Post by Kilimanjaro » Thu, May 13, 2010, 5:32 PM UTC

DLarsen wrote: post #5

While I haven't followed this story all that closely, what makes people so confident that this particular project will have legs? From a quick glance at the description of their effort, I wonder whether this will really be viable. My mom doesn't use FB for any other reason than that it's the most convenient way to send messages and pictures to friends. For her to move to anything else, it has to be easier. Try explai…

You don't have to "install" a node. You just use one provided by wordpress, posterous, tumblr, et al.

If you are a geek, then you roll your own.