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Facebook has far better security, far better privacy controls, and absurdly better UI/UX, and after a few releases I have lost my faith in the Diaspora core tea
by waxman 16y ago
Facebook has far better security, far better privacy controls, and absurdly better UI/UX, and after a few releases I have lost my faith in the Diaspora core team to ever close the gap on any of these areas.
Diaspora was a nice thought experiment, but there is simply no reason to switch and will never be. Your data is going to be much more exposed on some rando's hobby Diaspora server than it will be on Facebook's.
Also, social networks are not tech problems; they're interface problems, even for a subproblem like privacy. And the UI/UX of Diaspora is pretty poor.
A real, viable Facebook alternative would focus much more on a novel interface that makes sharing and privacy more intuitive, not some technical solution that will be less secure than Facebook anyways.
I have a ton of respect for them throwing themselves out there, but i think they should hire a designer or two and refocus their efforts on interface rather than features.
- michaelchisari 16y agoI up-voted you because I wholeheartedly agree that privacy is primarily a UI/UX issue, because the strongest internal privacy algorithms don't mean much in a social network if most people don't use them. Although I disagree that Facebook's privacy UI/UX is a good one. I almost find it purposefully obfuscated in order to encourage world-readable posting. And ultimately, the issue with Facebook is how the company operates with user's data, by virtue of being an effective monopoly in the social networking market.
- waxman 16y agoI agree that Facebook's attitude towards privacy and market position can be bad for users, but I don't think Diaspora will necessarily be better for users just because it != Facebook.