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> Diaspora is much more significant in that it solves the gay bar problem of social networking I had to go through the slides to understand this: basically, it

> Diaspora is much more significant in that it solves the gay bar problem of social networking I had to go through the slides to understand this: basically, it said in the case of a woman they did research on, she commented and liked photos of her friends at the gay bar, but her ten-year-old students could see those comments too. The thesis was that a bunch of her social groups that shouldn't interact were forced to interact on Facebook. Now that that's overwith (if you were as confused as I was), how does Diaspora solve this? I'm honestly asking. Do you not see updates on another service, or something?

rchowe 16y ago
It created "Aspects", or groups of friends, and you post things to specific aspects or to all aspects. Only the people in that aspect will see updates.
- Stevenup7002 16y ago
  So, Facebook groups?
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  - rchowe 16y ago
    Each person has their own aspects and (AFAIK) the list is private. So you can separate the different parts of your life without them all having to be in a group. For instance, your college friends are likely to all belong to the same group, but your work friends aren't. If you have a work aspect, you can post things only they can see. Interestingly enough, it probably eliminates employers looking on Facebook for information about candidates before hiring them.
- Joakal 16y ago
  So, posting is limited to friends? Friends of friends? Friends of friends of friends? Search? Public?
farlington 16y ago
They've tried to solve the blurring social contexts problem of facebook with something called 'aspects.' Aspects are user defined sets based on social context, eg 'work', 'school'. You can choose to make any activity on diaspora visible to certain aspects, and defining aspects is supposed to be pretty central to the diaspora interface—although I haven't ever used it so I can't really say for sure. Facebook kind of solved this problem in the meantime by making facebook groups more intuitive. When diaspora was first announced, this social context issue was perceived as a bigger problem with facebook than it is now.

rchowe 16y ago

It created "Aspects", or groups of friends, and you post things to specific aspects or to all aspects. Only the people in that aspect will see updates.

Stevenup7002 16y ago
So, Facebook groups?
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- rchowe 16y ago
  Each person has their own aspects and (AFAIK) the list is private. So you can separate the different parts of your life without them all having to be in a group. For instance, your college friends are likely to all belong to the same group, but your work friends aren't. If you have a work aspect, you can post things only they can see. Interestingly enough, it probably eliminates employers looking on Facebook for information about candidates before hiring them.
Joakal 16y ago
So, posting is limited to friends? Friends of friends? Friends of friends of friends? Search? Public?

farlington 16y ago

They've tried to solve the blurring social contexts problem of facebook with something called 'aspects.' Aspects are user defined sets based on social context, eg 'work', 'school'. You can choose to make any activity on diaspora visible to certain aspects, and defining aspects is supposed to be pretty central to the diaspora interface—although I haven't ever used it so I can't really say for sure. Facebook kind of solved this problem in the meantime by making facebook groups more intuitive. When diaspora was first announced, this social context issue was perceived as a bigger problem with facebook than it is now.