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I happen to agree with most of the press about Diaspora being doomed to fail. According to phrases and ideas all of us throw around, it's doomed to fail. If I

I happen to agree with most of the press about Diaspora being doomed to fail. According to phrases and ideas all of us throw around, it's doomed to fail. If I were the Diaspora team, I'd print out every piece of negative press and post it up on the wall in front of me. Then I'd make a pot of coffee and get to coding, using my "bad press" wall as my motivation to beat the hell out of the naysayers with a fantastic product a few months down the road. The number of stories where the underdog or unknown in the start-up world surprises everyone and creates something unbelievably successful is staggering. I guess that's why I can't help but root for them. The odds are stacked against them, for sure, but that kind of pressure has brought forth some world-rocking products, and it's not my place to declare something dead before it's even been born.

what 16y ago
> If I were the Diaspora team, I'd print out every piece of negative press and post it up on the wall in front of me. Then I'd make a pot of coffee and get to coding, using my "bad press" wall as my motivation to beat the hell out of the naysayers with a fantastic product a few months down the road. They're too busy making flyers: http://www.joindiaspora.com/2010/04/24/awesome-flyers-are-here.html http://www.joindiaspora.com/2010/04/24/awesome-flyers-are-he...
- waterlesscloud 16y ago
  Those flyers are the biggest negative indicator I've seen for their success. Only the "You Own You" is any good, the rest of them show a serious lack of understanding in how to approach the wider markets. Hide the technical stuff or fail miserably.
- logic 16y ago
  Surely it's relevant to point out that those are from a month ago, during their fundraising push?
  - what 16y ago
    Sure. But it shows you where their priorities are. Rather than actually work on Diaspora, they're working on raising money for "a bunch of ideas" in exchange for the promise of releasing Diaspora as aGPL software. On their blog they say "We think a project focused getting something out there should be priority #1." Their priority #1 was fundraising and talking to the press.

what 16y ago

> If I were the Diaspora team, I'd print out every piece of negative press and post it up on the wall in front of me. Then I'd make a pot of coffee and get to coding, using my "bad press" wall as my motivation to beat the hell out of the naysayers with a fantastic product a few months down the road. They're too busy making flyers: http://www.joindiaspora.com/2010/04/24/awesome-flyers-are-here.html http://www.joindiaspora.com/2010/04/24/awesome-flyers-are-he...

waterlesscloud 16y ago
Those flyers are the biggest negative indicator I've seen for their success. Only the "You Own You" is any good, the rest of them show a serious lack of understanding in how to approach the wider markets. Hide the technical stuff or fail miserably.
logic 16y ago
Surely it's relevant to point out that those are from a month ago, during their fundraising push?
- what 16y ago
  Sure. But it shows you where their priorities are. Rather than actually work on Diaspora, they're working on raising money for "a bunch of ideas" in exchange for the promise of releasing Diaspora as aGPL software. On their blog they say "We think a project focused getting something out there should be priority #1." Their priority #1 was fundraising and talking to the press.