On Diaspora's Social Network, You Own Your Data
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On Diaspora's Social Network, You Own Your Data
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#2Looks like they're coming to YC. That should give them a positive boost.
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#3How do they plan on monetizing their efforts?
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#4Interesting to see they're still pushing on.
The redesigned profiles seem a little full-page-bokeh-background, Path-circular-profile-image, Pinterest-masonry heavy.
Not bad styles in their own right, but it feels as if borrowed from the other hottest sites around.
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#5In other news, Business Week is two years behind.
Also, what's the deal with the fake-vintage effect on the pictures? Is it their lame corporate way of attempting to be "hip"?
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#6When it's finally released the plan is to change the name right? Diaspora sounds like horrible disease.
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#7How do they plan on monetizing their efforts?
Most social activity generates no revenue. It's tragic that we are moving towards a society which sees every relationship as mediated by economic utility.
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#8When it's finally released the plan is to change the name right? Diaspora sounds like horrible disease.
It's actually a great name, but it seems that they overestimated the vocabulary of their audience.
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#9When it's finally released the plan is to change the name right? Diaspora sounds like horrible disease.
Not to anybody with a little knowledge of history, Judaism or the Greek language.
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#10How do they plan on monetizing their efforts?
Most social activity generates no revenue. It's tragic that we are moving towards a society which sees every relationship as mediated by economic utility.
That's reading a bit much into it. We are talking about a business here, even if their product deals with social activity.