Diaspora came out with a lot of bravado and hype. The founders openly targeted Facebook and its data exploitation in their messaging. It was over engineered f

Diaspora came out with a lot of bravado and hype. The founders openly targeted Facebook and its data exploitation in their messaging. It was over engineered for its time, misfired on its benefits (you can install your own instance! Still a problem with fediverse devs), and when it failed, people piled on. I only found recently it was still going and was surprised.