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Wow, hacker news whats up? This is a cool project that despite all the "what do they have to show for it" comments, has a real product. I know because I signed
by bebop 15y ago
Wow, hacker news whats up? This is a cool project that despite all the "what do they have to show for it" comments, has a real product. I know because I signed up on this pod: https://diasp.org/ https://diasp.org/ have any of you tried it? Seems like it works like other social networking sites, but unlike fb/g+, is open source and trying to be privacy aware.
If you don't want to give them money because you think they wasted 200K that's fine, don't do it. Really though there is a product and it seems to be working fine. Lets help them gain traction instead of bad mouthing innovators. I feel like hacker news should really support this type of product, but for some reason everyone here loves to hate it.
If you have technical concerns, that's fine, but lets help them not hinder the community with negativity. An open source facebook is exactly what the world needs now.
- guelo 15y agoI don't think I've ever seen an open source project so roundly criticized for every little move they make. If people don't want to give them money then don't give them money, what's the point of all the hate?
- tedunangst 15y agoI don't think I've ever seen an open source project so loudly pronounce what it was going to do before it did anything at all. (Not since okopipi promised to replace blue frog, anyway. Who remembers that? open source! peer to peer! how can it fail?!) Live by the buzz, die by the buzz.
- Joeboy 15y agoI do. Surely the problem there was the non-appearance of any product, not the initial hype? Diaspora has a product. Also as I recall Okopipi failed to materialise because somehow it had lots of enthusiasts, but nobody actually working on it. You can see work happening on diaspora on github, by the four full time coders and many others.
- tedunangst 15y agoI think right about now would have been a great time for Diaspora to announce their first call for donations. "Hey look, we've got this great product and just need a little time and money to finish it off."
- bebop 15y agoWow and then downvoted?!
- X-Istence 15y agoI am on the real Diaspora node (joindiaspora.org) and it is a ghost town. Accounts that were created were limited to 10 invites when I first started, and even that was turned off rather fast. 10 people is not a lot to get started. It is a ghost town now. What is the point of supporting it further? I gave them a chance, but from my perspective they blew it.