> It's not a "flop". Agreed. It's a change in direction. Facebook is no longer on an easy, upward, unchallenged trajectory. A business plan to compete direc

> It's not a "flop". Agreed. It's a change in direction. Facebook is no longer on an easy, upward, unchallenged trajectory. A business plan to compete directly with Facebook no longer seems foolish. Regardless of Diaspora's success, the overwhelming support of $200,000 of real money proved that there is a hungry market for a Facebook competitor; someone just has to build it.