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There is no right to free speech on Facebook. That amendment applies only to the government . A surprising number of people seem to forget that.
True, but get a few bots involved in speech snd watch people want it regulated by government.
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Diaspora has been a comedy of such errors for the decade it's existed.
Diaspora has been a comedy of such errors for the decade it's existed I think I had a Diaspora account in like 2011... Then they announced they were blowing away everyone's account to redesign the database or something... Never bothered with it again.
Imagine suggesting something like that at a real company.
For a website called JoinDiaspora, I'm surprised I can't find out how to join Diaspora from the homepage.
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Diaspora has been a comedy of such errors for the decade it's existed I think I had a Diaspora account in like 2011... Then they announced they were blowing away everyone's account to redesign the database or something... Never bothered with it again.
Engineers, not people.
A more accurate way to put it is that to put together a good service, back-end engineering is critical but is only part of the story. Good UX is also critical to success, and that comes with a focus on the human needs, not just the technicalities of moving data around.
How does Diaspora compare to Mastodon? My naive impression is that Mastodon is a decentralized Twitter clone and Diaspora tries to be a nonprofit Facebook. Is that correct?
Diaspora devs are a bit touchy about being referred to as a Facebook alternative, because it inevitably invites comparisons at a feature level, leading to disappointment. They've made it clear they do not aim to be a Facebook clone, and Diaspora will likely not have some features that Facebook has (no photo albums, no events, etc).
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Mastodon is when you can't handle any one having an alternative option than you, so you log on to a twitter clone where you are the only person using it and are always right.
Or you don't want to be harassed by someone taking your conversations out of context then doxxing you and trying to ruin your life.
http://wilwheaton.net/2018/08/the-world-is-a-terrible-place-...
I think product names matter, and diaspora seems misnamed to me.
What are the technical challenges of handling an influx of dozens of new users?
This compares with 2,900+ members of the G+ Mass Migration community on G+, also since 8 October. (I am one of the mods.) The Change.org petition to retain G+ has seen 31,000+ signatures.
I'd previously conducted assessments of publicly visible G+ posting activity, and arrived at an estimate of 5-10 million such profiles, from a population at the time of about 2.2 billion registered profiles (from a time when Android & Gmail registrations defaulted to registering for G+). Stone Temple Consulting expanded on that research and methodology:
https://www.stonetemple.com/real-numbers-for-the-activity-on...
Google have never been forthcoming with statistics on actual on-G+ activity, though a solid core of single-digit millions, with an extended engagement of 30-120 million, as of March 2015, seems likely.
Other platforms, particularly MeWe, are reporting tens of thousands of new accounts from G+ refugees (Reddit AMA).
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9sq3jf/im_mark_weinst...
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Diaspora has been a comedy of such errors for the decade it's existed.
Diaspora has been a comedy of such errors for the decade it's existed I think I had a Diaspora account in like 2011... Then they announced they were blowing away everyone's account to redesign the database or something... Never bothered with it again.