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Open-Source Social Network Diaspora Goes Live
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."
Please elaborate on the benefits of inventing an alter ego maintaned by a corporation that doesn't allow it to be retracted to a neighboring competing social network in control of the person that he may kill it like the 1812 fire of the White House?
It' just another liability and purposed bond that only a coroner, a overlord, and a spy would ever find useful. It' as though everyone enjoys being watched for free, while vthe pornogfraphers and whores have better implementations that vuse money to sue anyone caught with my surveylance.
Ruby and Ruby on Rails == Big bag of fail.
It's more open than Facebook.
Facebook's selling point was its exclusivity - you originally joined Facebook because only college kids were on it, and no one else. You stayed on it for the clean interface.
There's no incentive to join Diaspora.
There is at least one very good reason to join quickly. By being on of the first to join I get my pick of pretty much any username. I signed up for an invite purely to grab my username before someone else takes it. My username is pretty lame but dang it, it's mine. So, if against all odds Diaspora becomes popular then I'll be prepared.
Damn. So you were the person that took iloveanal?
No, that was me. Sorry!
--Rob "iloveanal" Malda