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Honestly this reads a bit like a PR-speak way of saying that Diaspora indeed doesn't really provide better privacy than Facebook. I'm on it, and I donate to (o
by Joeboy 9y ago
Honestly this reads a bit like a PR-speak way of saying that Diaspora indeed doesn't really provide better privacy than Facebook.
I'm on it, and I donate to (or pay for) a pod so I'm not anti-Diaspora by any means, but it just seems incorrect to promote it as a solution to Facebook's privacy issues.
- anderber 9y agoI actually said right away how it's tricky to achieve privacy with a social network. However, to me, owning your data is a big step towards it. I have nothing to do with Diaspora, I'm not on it and don't donate. Out of curiosity, what would be your ideal for good privacy on a social media site? What aspects would it need?
- Joeboy 9y agoI'm not really sure what "owning your data" means here, in practice. If you're sharing it with other people / pods the best you can meaningfully say is that you own a copy of your data, as does anybody you share it with. In terms of privacy, I don't really see how this is better than Facebook. I don't have an answer to your question. Broadcasting information while also wanting to keep it private is, as you say, a tricky problem.