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I think product names matter, and diaspora seems misnamed to me.

mbrock 8y ago
It's a bit of a downer. > A diaspora (/daɪˈæspərə/) is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale. In particular, diaspora has come to refer to involuntary mass dispersions of a population from its indigenous territories, most notably the expulsion of Jews from Israel (known as the Jewish diaspora) and the fleeing of Greeks after the fall of Constantinople. Other examples are the African Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the southern Chinese or Indians during the coolie trade, the Irish during and after the Irish Famine, the Romani from India, the Italian diaspora, the exile and deportation of Circassians, and the emigration of Anglo-Saxon warriors and their families after the Norman Conquest of England.
- brobdingnagians 8y ago
  I agree that is would be nice if they had a more positive sounding name. But at least for the moment it seems to be quite fitting for the G+ users...
  - Pamar 8y ago
    Note - I asked there a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18173269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18173269 Currently I am using MeWe which is not federated etc. but is close enough to G+ (also, most of the communities I was following on G+ are there). As expected, "normal people" who were apathetically following me on G+ like friends etc. (I refuse to use FB) have bern less than thrilled. I suspect that Diaspora would have not improved the situation, but maybe I am wrong.
nakedrobot2 8y ago
agree. it's simply a bad name. 4 syllables long, and a strange word that most people have never seen before.
- Already__Taken 8y ago
  I bet if they changed it to disapora most people wouldn't notice either.
jklinger410 8y ago
And the domain for their main "pod" is joindiaspora.com which is terrible, and it's closed for registration.
shmerl 8y ago
The name is quite descriptive for its decentralized nature. I don't see a problem with it.
TenJack 8y ago
I came for this comment. Seems like it was named after the act of people leaving other social networks, but what about if everyone really had left and was using Diaspora?
megaman8 8y ago
i suggested someone once try it and they mistake it for a "disease".

It's a bit of a downer. > A diaspora (/daɪˈæspərə/) is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale. In particular, diaspora has come to refer to involuntary mass dispersions of a population from its indigenous territories, most notably the expulsion of Jews from Israel (known as the Jewish diaspora) and the fleeing of Greeks after the fall of Constantinople. Other examples are the African Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the southern Chinese or Indians during the coolie trade, the Irish during and after the Irish Famine, the Romani from India, the Italian diaspora, the exile and deportation of Circassians, and the emigration of Anglo-Saxon warriors and their families after the Norman Conquest of England.

brobdingnagians 8y ago
I agree that is would be nice if they had a more positive sounding name. But at least for the moment it seems to be quite fitting for the G+ users...
- Pamar 8y ago
  Note - I asked there a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18173269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18173269 Currently I am using MeWe which is not federated etc. but is close enough to G+ (also, most of the communities I was following on G+ are there). As expected, "normal people" who were apathetically following me on G+ like friends etc. (I refuse to use FB) have bern less than thrilled. I suspect that Diaspora would have not improved the situation, but maybe I am wrong.

nakedrobot2 8y ago

agree. it's simply a bad name. 4 syllables long, and a strange word that most people have never seen before.

Already__Taken 8y ago
I bet if they changed it to disapora most people wouldn't notice either.

jklinger410 8y ago

And the domain for their main "pod" is joindiaspora.com which is terrible, and it's closed for registration.

shmerl 8y ago

The name is quite descriptive for its decentralized nature. I don't see a problem with it.

TenJack 8y ago

I came for this comment. Seems like it was named after the act of people leaving other social networks, but what about if everyone really had left and was using Diaspora?

megaman8 8y ago

i suggested someone once try it and they mistake it for a "disease".