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Have a read of this recent BusinessWeek article: http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/24762-on-diasporas-social-network-you-own-your-data http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/24762-on-diaspo... They're still going and actually were just accepted into YC.