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I don't get the fascination with Diaspora. StatusNet is distributed, open, easy to set up, established, and extensible, and already has a large number of users
by gecko 14y ago
I don't get the fascination with Diaspora. StatusNet is distributed, open, easy to set up, established, and extensible, and already has a large number of users (e.g. on identi.ca). What does this bring to the table? Newness?
- bct 14y agoIt's sad, but (relative) newness is a pretty big feature; it gets attention, and attention gets users. The web has no attention span. You're either brand-new and hyped beyond realism, or ancient and boring.
- gecko 14y agoOn the one hand, I get that. On the other hand, many of the people who frequent the site where this is getting prominence use Vim, which is (admittedly indirectly, via vi) a 30-year-old product at this point. I'd hope that we could rise above newness when appropriate.
- Avshalom 14y agoDiaspora:Facebook::StatusNet:Twitter At least near as I can tell without signing up.
- gecko 14y agoNot really. StatusNet has (private, if desired) groups, photo uploads, events, URL sharing, and (on a local install, not on identi.ca) arbitrary-length status updates. I guess it's closer to the defunct Pownce than either Twitter or Facebook, but that puts them closer to Facebook than Twitter at this point in the game.
- Joeboy 14y ago> StatusNet ... already has a large number of users (e.g. on identi.ca) I know a tiny number of geeks who are on identi.ca, and a small but larger number of people including both geeks and non-geeks on Diaspora. Maybe I'm atypical?
- SkyMarshal 14y agoThere's also the Appleseed Project, which also predates Diaspora. http://appleseedproject.org http://appleseedproject.org