[iDC] Replacing Facebook

[Jamie Wilkinson]

Also, from the same blog, Why Diaspora Will Win:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/05/21/why-diaspora-will-win/

On May 21, 2010, at 2:21 PM, Sam Dwyer wrote:

> This may prove of interest:
> 
> Why Diaspora Will Fail
> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/05/21/diaspora-social-network-fail-kickstarter-facebook
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On May 21, 2010, at 6:44 AM, Jon Ippolito wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On May 14, 2010, at 8:00 AM, idc-request at mailman.thing.net wrote:
>> 
>>> From: Andreas Schiffler:
>>> 
>>> I wanted to post a quick link that would allow anyone who is fed-up with 
>>> Facebook's continuing path of commercializing the social graphs of its 
>>> users to fund the development of an open source distributed replacement:
>>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/196017994/diaspora-the-personally-controlled-do-it-all-distr
>>> 
>>> Seems like a worthy goal and technically feasible (although I admit that 
>>> I won't be donating, since I don't have a use for such a service).
>> Thanks, Andreas. I contributed, not because I have a use for Facebook, but because I have an interest in seeing it die. More background at "Your guide to the Facebook revolt of 2010":
>> 
>> http://www.nmdnet.org/2010/05/18/your-guide-to-the-facebook-revolt-of-2010/
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> jon
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