"So if I'm a developer I can't just learn OStatus, I have to learn 4 other specs as well. Diaspora has the opposite problem, it's too specific. Their recommenda

"So if I'm a developer I can't just learn OStatus, I have to learn 4 other specs as well. Diaspora has the opposite problem, it's too specific. Their recommendation for contributions is to fork their rails app. Developers don't want to fork working apps and fix bugs; they want to write their own from scratch." Spot on.