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Open-Source Social Network Diaspora Goes Live

Posted by timothy on from the go-west-where-the-land-is-free dept.

CWmike writes "Diaspora, a widely anticipated social network site built on open-source code, has cracked open its doors for business, at least for a handful of invited participants. 'Every week, we'll invite more people,' stated the developers behind the project, in a blog item posted Tuesday announcing the alpha release of the service. 'By taking these baby steps, we'll be able to quickly identify performance problems and iterate on features as quickly as possible.' Such a cautious rollout may be necessary, given how fresh the code is. In September, when the first version of the working code behind the service was posted, it was promptly criticized for being riddled with security errors. While Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg may not be worried about Diaspora quite yet, the service is one of a growing number of efforts to build out open-source-based social-networking software and services."

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  1. A Few At A Time by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    'Every week, we'll invite more people,'

    I guess they'll be sending Friend Requests via Facebook?

    1. Re:A Few At A Time by interkin3tic · · Score: 3, Funny

      No way, they said they want to start out small: they're going to invite everyone still on myspace first.

  2. Re:Doubt it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't think anyone else was going to take "shavedbottom4wellhungtop"

  3. Re:Doubt it by MaskedSlacker · · Score: 1, Funny

    You haven't checked your local Craigslist lately then, because that's the FIRST thing I'd expect to be gone.

  4. Re:Doubt it by Malc · · Score: 3, Funny

    You want to see photos of nerds? You're crazy! Better leave them uu or base64 encoded.

  5. Re:diaspora... by fishexe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Given that, I'd say it's pretty safe to say that they probably launched with a pretty coherent business plan in place. You don't grow from launch to 52 million in revenue accidentally.

    Wait, you don't? Shit, I've been doing it all wrong!

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  6. Re:Please by Nursie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Diaspora, the anti-social network!

    Tired of social networks with their data sharing, privacy leaks and too many people looking at your stuff?

    Join Diaspora! Write status updates nobody can see! Or don't, it's all the same in the end!

  7. Re:Doubt it by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can bet your boots that they would join the federated network once Farmville has a client which works on Diaspora.

    You just know that folks will want their latest "golden chicken" discovery to be posted on LinkMyOrkFace all at the same time.

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