[Liverpool] Diaspora

[dave@dnel.co.uk]

It is critical that a floss solution to the social network problem is built on established open standards, but there still needs to be the interfaces to bring it all together and bridge the gaps with new open protocols. What's disappointing for me about diaspora is that its not delivered anything we didn't already have when we're already behind proprietary social platforms. If diaspora had built on the foundations laid by status.net we might have got somewhere by now, instead they sought to reinvent it which isn't innovative nor a great way of generating interest. No doubt we're around the corner from the next big proprietary thing and attention will move on. 

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From: "Simon Johnson" <simon.johnson at gmail.com>
To: "Liverpool Linux User Group" <liverpool at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: [Liverpool] Diaspora
Date: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 20:25


> Fortunately, there's an alternative project called Libertree.  It's an
offshoot produced by people who are tired of Diaspora Inc. and actually
know how to write software:

For me, geeks already solved this problem in the late 90s. Have a
website and an atom feed.

You can even have a separate feed for your micro-blogging, pictures, etc.

Comments/friends lists can be handled safely using OpenID to authenticate.

All these services provide are bells and whistles on top of this core
functionality. If you really value freedom over those whistles, just
keep it on truly open protocols.

On 21/07/2012, Bob Ham <rah at settrans.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 19:50 +0100, Bob Ham wrote:
>
>> The project is not without its problems.
>
> As a postscript, things have got worse.  In particular, I was appalled
> to see they have a Facebook "Like" button on the front page of
> joindiaspora.com.  I can't imagine a greater disregard for the wishes of
> those who funded their Kickstarter campaign.  To me, it really shows
> that they're more interested in marketing than they are in freedom.
> I've had enough of Diaspora Inc., as have many others so I'm shutting
> down my Diaspora pod.
>
> Fortunately, there's an alternative project called Libertree.  It's an
> offshoot produced by people who are tired of Diaspora Inc. and actually
> know how to write software:
>
>   http://libertreeproject.org/
>
> I'll be setting up a Libertree tree soon.  Of course I've learned my
> lesson: I shalln’t be advertising it until I'm sure I won't have to
> retract my praise ;-)  If you are interested though, let me know and
> I'll keep you posted.
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Bob Ham <rah at settrans.net>
>
> for (;;) { ++pancakes; }
>

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