Diaspora does a bad job of explaining their product. It is not a social network, but rather a open source software project for a standalone social networking ap

Diaspora does a bad job of explaining their product. It is not a social network, but rather a open source software project for a standalone social networking application that I assume has the ability to interact with other Diaspora installs (called pods). But you also did a bad job of reading the post. They are sending alpha invites out for people to use their current software themselves, and potentially contribute changes. Not join a social network called Diaspora.