Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.

#1

Post by Rhapso » Thu, Sep 16, 2010, 11:57 AM UTC

Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.
openspora.com

Re: Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.

#2

Post by cryptoz » Thu, Sep 16, 2010, 1:34 PM UTC

There's absolutely no description anywhere on those pages about what it is. I happen to know what Diaspora is, but if this link gets passed around outside of this community people will be confused and immediately form a negative opinion of the service.

At least put up a "What is Diaspora?" link to their homepage or Wikipedia or something...

Re: Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.

#3

Post by joshfinnie » Thu, Sep 16, 2010, 1:40 PM UTC

This just linked to a password protected page. Am I missing something? Maybe not ready for the influx of HN readers?

Re: Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.

#4

Post by steveklabnik » Thu, Sep 16, 2010, 1:44 PM UTC

joshfinnie wrote: post #3

This just linked to a password protected page. Am I missing something? Maybe not ready for the influx of HN readers?

This is what the index page of a diaspora install looks like.

Re: Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.

#5

Post by Rhapso » Thu, Sep 16, 2010, 2:04 PM UTC

cryptoz wrote: post #2

There's absolutely no description anywhere on those pages about what it is. I happen to know what Diaspora is, but if this link gets passed around outside of this community people will be confused and immediately form a negative opinion of the service. At least put up a "What is Diaspora?" link to their homepage or Wikipedia or something...

This is a good idea, but on the flip-side this is only really meant for people in the know. I can also reason logic where confusion tends to not leave much of an impression at all, thus merely confusing people about what this is is only slightly damaging, while also forming a natural barrier to keep them from figuring out how to sign up and finding a 404 page every few minutes because it is all still buggy. But still, a bit more info on the default page is a good idea. add it to the github stuff?

Re: Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.

#6

Post by pauldino » Thu, Sep 16, 2010, 2:08 PM UTC

Need a friend? pauldino@openspora.com

Re: Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.

#7

Post by Rhapso » Thu, Sep 16, 2010, 2:12 PM UTC

pauldino wrote: post #6

Need a friend? pauldino@openspora.com

http://openspora.com/people/

is a really usefull page. I am Meno@openspora.com.

Re: Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.

#8

Post by JarekS2 » Thu, Sep 16, 2010, 2:22 PM UTC

Is there a way to remove my account from Diaspora?

Re: Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.

#9

Post by Qz » Thu, Sep 16, 2010, 2:24 PM UTC

Rhapso wrote: post #7

pauldino wrote: post #6

Need a friend? pauldino@openspora.com

http://openspora.com/people/ is a really usefull page. I am Meno@openspora.com.

I went there and got:

  Please, stop that.

  We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly.

Does not bode well.

Re: Public Diaspora Seed is up, but buggy.

#10

Post by twymer » Thu, Sep 16, 2010, 2:35 PM UTC

The page should also mention that this software is pre-alpha release. Even on HN people are freaking out about things not working properly, sucks that this is already giving people bad feelings.