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Diaspora version 0.7.0.0 released

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Re: Diaspora version 0.7.0.0 released

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Post by jack1243star »

dredmorbius wrote: post #5
dewey wrote: post #2

Is there a bigger community actually using Diaspora? Maybe I'm outside of that bubble that's why I'm wondering.

I'm only peripherally attached (I've got a ... long-dormant Diaspora account), but there are a number of semi-inter-related open-social projects, which talk to various extents. "The Fediverse" includes a few of those, and I think it has bridges/gateways to Diaspora. Frendica is another, I think , related protocol. The problem generally is that the communities are small, diversified, hosting is a hurdle for virtually…

Mastodon instances are actually part of the Fediverse (OStatus)

Re: Diaspora version 0.7.0.0 released

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Post by unixhero »

mike-cardwell wrote: post #8

Does event management exist yet? I.e, can my friends and I create events and invite people to them like you can on Facebook? Also, ISTR from last time I played with it, there was no ability to create photo albums/collections. Does that exist now? Without those two things I couldn't even begin to consider getting people to start using it.

How about for messaging and updates

Re: Diaspora version 0.7.0.0 released

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Post by tw1010 »

I like these guys' perseverance. But part of me can't stop the feeling of sadness that they've spent a better part of a decade working on it, perhaps the best years of their lives. I know perseverance and failure is seen as good things in certain circles, but I don't think I've ever read a biography where the author spent ten years on something that ultimately went nowhere and then went on to do things of enough noteworthiness to merit said biography.

Re: Diaspora version 0.7.0.0 released

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Post by ajmurmann »

tw1010 wrote: post #13

I like these guys' perseverance. But part of me can't stop the feeling of sadness that they've spent a better part of a decade working on it, perhaps the best years of their lives. I know perseverance and failure is seen as good things in certain circles, but I don't think I've ever read a biography where the author spent ten years on something that ultimately went nowhere and then went on to do things of enough note…

As far as I can tell from the commit log it's a quite different group of people who are maintaining this now as an open source project than the four people who launched it from the Kickstarter 7 years ago.

Re: Diaspora version 0.7.0.0 released

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Post by pvg »

tw1010 wrote: post #13

I like these guys' perseverance. But part of me can't stop the feeling of sadness that they've spent a better part of a decade working on it, perhaps the best years of their lives. I know perseverance and failure is seen as good things in certain circles, but I don't think I've ever read a biography where the author spent ten years on something that ultimately went nowhere and then went on to do things of enough note…

You should read some Newton bios.

Re: Diaspora version 0.7.0.0 released

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Post by sp332 »

mejin wrote: post #6

While I completely support the goal of diaspora, I don't think that I can use it. one of the main benefits of Facebook is that I can look up someone's information / posts without them being informed. Imo that is what made Facebook so big in the first place.

This is my biggest pet peeve about Facebook. I'd pay money for better analytics about my posts.

Re: Diaspora version 0.7.0.0 released

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Post by jancsika »

Someone should run a Diaspora pod with the following model:

1. They market it like crazy in the hopes of getting something like a few million users

2. They publicly state that they will mine all metadata for the purpose of generating an "inference report".

3. Every other week they release an "inference report" that reveals a new, dangerous way the seemingly innocuous metadata can be used. Some examples would include a) accurately gleaning more private data from the metadata, and-- if enough people join-- b) using that data to subtly influence the behavior of the participants.

Outside researchers are given access to the process in order to audit it. Anything revealed in the inference report would be assumed to already be happening on larger commercial networks.

Users would remain as long as they believe the value of the inference reports outweigh the risk to them of using the network.

Edit: formatting

Re: Diaspora version 0.7.0.0 released

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Post by avaer »

tw1010 wrote: post #13

I like these guys' perseverance. But part of me can't stop the feeling of sadness that they've spent a better part of a decade working on it, perhaps the best years of their lives. I know perseverance and failure is seen as good things in certain circles, but I don't think I've ever read a biography where the author spent ten years on something that ultimately went nowhere and then went on to do things of enough note…

That you don't hear about the ten years of failure before the success says more about what sells biographies than it says about the founders.

Re: Diaspora version 0.7.0.0 released

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Post by kobeya »

tw1010 wrote: post #13

I like these guys' perseverance. But part of me can't stop the feeling of sadness that they've spent a better part of a decade working on it, perhaps the best years of their lives. I know perseverance and failure is seen as good things in certain circles, but I don't think I've ever read a biography where the author spent ten years on something that ultimately went nowhere and then went on to do things of enough note…

Isaac Newton?
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