I don't think this will catch on. Diaspora is too hard for people to say... ;)
Diaspora: One Month In
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#32What language are they using?
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#34If you step back from the "hype", not to directly oppose the many views present on this board, and analyze their statements, it appears they have more reasons to fail than succeed. The most worrying thing I see is their reliance on pivotal labs. They mention it in passing, but it would appear that the 4 founders of diaspora have very little technical knowledge and have outsourced the majority of their code. They are…
Every startup has more reasons to fail than to succeed. That doesn't stop a few from succeeding though.
Why is it worrisome that they outsource a part or even all of their code ? They came in to a boatload of money, maybe they're just using that to accelerate their development track.
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#35If you step back from the "hype", not to directly oppose the many views present on this board, and analyze their statements, it appears they have more reasons to fail than succeed. The most worrying thing I see is their reliance on pivotal labs. They mention it in passing, but it would appear that the 4 founders of diaspora have very little technical knowledge and have outsourced the majority of their code. They are…
Every startup has more reasons to fail than to succeed. That doesn't stop a few from succeeding though. Why is it worrisome that they outsource a part or even all of their code ? They came in to a boatload of money, maybe they're just using that to accelerate their development track.
"Every startup has more reasons to fail than to succeed."
That is true. But I'm curious -- is Diaspora a startup? I understand they're a bunch of students with a right attitude and a wrong idea, trying to give something to the community for the greater good -- have I got it wrong?
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#36Glad to see an update from them—sounds like they're doing work. They've got a lot more to do in the months ahead, and I'm looking forward to following along. As an aside, it's interesting to see how similar their message passing protocol is to one I'm beginning to plan out, though for a completely different application. Kinda like a "push to origin; fetch from origin" (from git). EDIT: And hmm, every time Diaspora co…
How can you tell it's obnoxious if you don't know what it means? Easy to find out, though - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle
You might find it inaccurate or otherwise useless but it hardly seems obnoxious.
As to assessing Diaspora's chances of success - it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do, especially in a forum of technology-, product- and business-focused people. It's Hacker News, not Cheerleader News, after all. Just because a reasoned analysis might be negative doesn't mean it's cynical.
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#37What I'd really like to know is: what are these guys doing with the 200 grand people pledged? Is it just paying their rent in SF or what?
What do you think they should spend it on? What did you think they would use it for? Creating something like this - or most web startups - isn't expensive, it's just time consuming.
"Creating something like this - or most web startups - isn't expensive, it's just time consuming."
Which makes it expensive. Or is your time free?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Personally, I use facebook to communicate with friends and family - neither of which are universally geeks or techy. So I'd still use facebook. Just because a few privacy freakouts and geeks flock to this I don't see any reason anyone else will yet.
You sound like the slow-adopters of facebook. In the world we live in with security becoming more of a general concern, they could be on the front-edge of the revolution they think they are on. Plus, if they deliver on the UX/UI, people will use it.
"In the world we live in with security becoming more of a general concern"
Which world is that? The one where people post minute details of their life on twitter? The one where they send naked pics of themselves around, expose themselves on chatroulette?
It's going the other way - people are exposing more and more of themselves making more of their life public than ever before.
Some geeks are always concerned about privacy/security. How many "normal people" use PGP to sign their emails?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do you think they should spend it on? What did you think they would use it for? Creating something like this - or most web startups - isn't expensive, it's just time consuming.
"Creating something like this - or most web startups - isn't expensive, it's just time consuming." Which makes it expensive. Or is your time free?
Right. but the OP said "Is it just paying their rent in SF or what?"
Which seemed to imply that would be a bad use of money - salaries.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every startup has more reasons to fail than to succeed. That doesn't stop a few from succeeding though. Why is it worrisome that they outsource a part or even all of their code ? They came in to a boatload of money, maybe they're just using that to accelerate their development track.
"Every startup has more reasons to fail than to succeed." That is true. But I'm curious -- is Diaspora a startup? I understand they're a bunch of students with a right attitude and a wrong idea, trying to give something to the community for the greater good -- have I got it wrong?
They're a startup in the sense that they're starting something new from scratch; they're a few people taking a risky voyage into the unknown in the hope of it paying off big (in this case, via social benefits).