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Diaspora is an open-source, decentralized system. While there may be a canonical installation on a big official "social network", there can be some meaningful s
by cookiecaper 16y ago
Diaspora is an open-source, decentralized system. While there may be a canonical installation on a big official "social network", there can be some meaningful separation here between the engineering and the marketing, and I think it's good that they're trying to get a decent foundation in place before they go all over trying to market.
- gst 16y agoIn my opinion one of the main advantages of Diaspora over alternatives is marketing and the hype around it. From a pure engineering standpoint I think that products such as http://onesocialweb.org/ http://onesocialweb.org/ are a much better solution.
- thomasgerbe 16y ago"...and I think it's good that they're trying to get a decent foundation in place before they go all over trying to market." I'd argue they shot their load well before they even wrote a line of code.
- samtp 16y agoWith all due respect, they don't seem to be the most experienced engineers to solve the problem. Opening up to a larger community who is ready and willing to help would only be beneficial.
- hartror 16y agoI see your point but one could ask is experience as important as vision and drive? If they were to open it up they would then be inexperienced engineers trying to learn to manage a community of engineers.