Diaspora*

Nobody really knows what the name means. We do however know the release date of this so called "Facebook Killer"... sometime in September. Now I am an open-source advocate myself and I appreciate anyone trying to support the freedom of software and the net. An open source platform like Diaspora* is clever in its design that the initial developers may never have to continue to develop after the product is released... because the open-source developers will do it for free. But can it really beat Facebook? Now, I'm not much a fan of Facebook trying to rule the web in it's own right, but Diaspora and it's cute little asterisk logo *, will not make a dent. Just like the $.75 mystery flavor Mountain Dew you buy at the grocery store, people will try it, then discard. Why? Primarily because there is no current need to switch social networking sites. Facebook already has hundreds of your friends, so why would anyone want to start all over? I am interested in seeing what kinds of technologies are going to be incorporated. Other than that, can't wait till September to see how these guys do. They seem to have some serious funds and some decent publicity, lets hope its worth the $200k people donated to fund it.

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