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Google+ and Diaspora look very similar…

21 points by richoakley 15y ago

kposehn 15y ago
This is...interesting/funny/sad all at the same time. Both of these designs could be argued as derivatives of FB itself. It makes me sad that neither of these are truly innovative designs. When you have something new to offer the world, don't offer SSDS (same sh*t different site). Give them something unique and compelling instead of the same-old! Otherwise, you are nothing more than an also-running. Lead, don't follow.
- richoakley 15y ago
  Agree completely. Would love to see something innovative from someone. Had kinda hoped that 'someone' would be Google.
- thomasgerbe 15y ago
  I suppose the question is what can the next social network do that Facebook/G+ doesn't do (or do as well)? Whether it's messaging, posting photos, or reading news posts... Facebook does it well enough that people don't seek an alternative. I'm not sure what Diaspora could offer purely from a usability standpoint that would convince everyday users to move over. And it'll be especially more difficult to get people to migrate who are using Facebook for Spotify and other services.
joejohnson 15y ago
It's down for me :(
- wx77 15y ago
  Another victim of wordpress without caching.
  - richoakley 15y ago
    and HackerNews :P
  - richoakley 15y ago
    It should be fixed now
Kylekramer 15y ago
I've never used Diaspora before, so I might be talking out my ass, but the first screenshots of Diaspora (http://blogtest.sourcedecay.net/images/screenshots/stream.png http://blogtest.sourcedecay.net/images/screenshots/stream.pn...) show a certain Facebook-ness they don't have now. And since it has clearly been redesigned over time, Diaspora coming out first hardly means Google is stealing here. Someone who has used the service from the inception could probably be in a better position to comment. Also webcache, cause it seems to be down: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENCA350&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Frichoakley.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fgoogle-and-diaspora-look-very-similar%2F&btnG=Google+Search http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?source=ig&h...
richoakley 15y ago
Sorry guys - was running the blog on an old shared hosting setup so it went down FAR too quickly.
richoakley 15y ago
The post should be back up now :)

21 points by richoakley 15y ago

This is...interesting/funny/sad all at the same time. Both of these designs could be argued as derivatives of FB itself. It makes me sad that neither of these are truly innovative designs. When you have something new to offer the world, don't offer SSDS (same sh*t different site). Give them something unique and compelling instead of the same-old! Otherwise, you are nothing more than an also-running. Lead, don't follow.

richoakley 15y ago
Agree completely. Would love to see something innovative from someone. Had kinda hoped that 'someone' would be Google.
thomasgerbe 15y ago
I suppose the question is what can the next social network do that Facebook/G+ doesn't do (or do as well)? Whether it's messaging, posting photos, or reading news posts... Facebook does it well enough that people don't seek an alternative. I'm not sure what Diaspora could offer purely from a usability standpoint that would convince everyday users to move over. And it'll be especially more difficult to get people to migrate who are using Facebook for Spotify and other services.

joejohnson 15y ago

It's down for me :(

wx77 15y ago
Another victim of wordpress without caching.
- richoakley 15y ago
  and HackerNews :P
- richoakley 15y ago
  It should be fixed now

Kylekramer 15y ago

I've never used Diaspora before, so I might be talking out my ass, but the first screenshots of Diaspora (http://blogtest.sourcedecay.net/images/screenshots/stream.png http://blogtest.sourcedecay.net/images/screenshots/stream.pn...) show a certain Facebook-ness they don't have now. And since it has clearly been redesigned over time, Diaspora coming out first hardly means Google is stealing here. Someone who has used the service from the inception could probably be in a better position to comment. Also webcache, cause it seems to be down: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENCA350&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Frichoakley.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fgoogle-and-diaspora-look-very-similar%2F&btnG=Google+Search http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?source=ig&h...

richoakley 15y ago

Sorry guys - was running the blog on an old shared hosting setup so it went down FAR too quickly.

richoakley 15y ago

The post should be back up now :)