You can go download their code now, run it, and contribute to the project. Maybe they should make more public-facing updates about individual features and chan

You can go download their code now, run it, and contribute to the project. Maybe they should make more public-facing updates about individual features and changes in their software, but (as is hinted to in their post) it seems like they are limited in their resources. The Diaspora guys have the really-actually-unique challenge of developing an open-source project entirely in the open coupled with attention and radically differing expectations from thousands of people. It's kind of nuts, really. Would you want to be in their position?