I was intrigued by the idea, but ever since I saw the code on Github I've been, well, saddened. First of all, they chose to market the idea directly to average

I was intrigued by the idea, but ever since I saw the code on Github I've been, well, saddened. First of all, they chose to market the idea directly to average consumers (and gladly accepted their money). In my book, that means they have a responsibility to turn out a product that an average person can deploy. I realize that Diaspora is still in the early stages of development, but honestly, who in their right mind would use MongoDB and Rails on an app that's being marketed directly to consumers? It's hard enough coaching people through WordPress's trademark 5-minute install process. Can you imagine your aunt Gertrude or little cousin Mordechai trying to deploy a production-ready Rails app?