[Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora

[martin]

I read that some of the founding of Diaspora comes from the founder of
FB. 
It that true?
Martin

On Sun, 2011-10-16 at 02:41 -0700, Yosem Companys wrote:

> This post may be of interest:  Diaspora* is not about killing Facebook
> or Google+. It's about reinventing the social
> web:http://joindiaspora.com/posts/433064
> 
> 
> 
> Diaspora* is all about protecting the open web and fighting against
> walled gardens.  We're inspired by Eben
> Moglen http://nymag.com/news/features/establishments/68512/, so our
> goals are consistent with FreedomBox.  Another good piece is this
> one:  http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/the-making-of-diaspora
> 
> 
> Our funding goal is to raise as much as we can to keep
> the http://diasporafoundation.org/ going and sustain our development.
> We raised $250K via Kickstarter last summer, which lasted us over a
> year.  If you want a tangible number, my personal goal would be to
> raise $1 million per year so we can support Diaspora* community spaces
> where our open-source developers can work face-to-face to greatly
> expand our development efforts.
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> Yosem
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Melvin Carvalho
> <melvincarvalho at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>         On 16 October 2011 02:28, Yosem Companys
>         <companys at stanford.edu> wrote:
>         > Hi All,
>         > My name is Yosem, and I'm a member of this list, though I
>         generally don't
>         > say much.  I'm a PhD student at Stanford but also work
>         running the Diaspora*
>         > Foundation.
>         > If you'd like invites, please let me know, and I'll be happy
>         to send you
>         > one.  If you have any questions, please let me know too.
>          Happy to answer
>         > them.  We're very transparent, non-commercial, and
>         community-run.  You won't
>         > get any BS from us.
>         > Since a lot of people still have questions about Diaspora*,
>         we took a moment
>         > to address some of the things we have been hearing lately.
>          We hope you'll
>         > take a
>         >
>         look: http://blog.diasporafoundation.org/2011/10/15/diaspora-not-vaporware-not-a-nigerian-prince.html
>         > Anyway, I'm at your disposal.  Ask away.
>         
>         
>         
>         Thanks for pointing this out, that was an interesting read.
>         
>         If I've understood your financial statement correctly, you're
>         looking
>         to raise another $100, to keep going for the next year?
>         
>         My question is, does diaspora have plans to interoperate with
>         other
>         (non diaspora) FOSS social system, on the Web?  If so, which
>         ones?
>         
>         
>         
>         > Best,
>         > Yosem
>         >
>         >
>         > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Weaver <weaver at riseup.net>
>         wrote:
>         >>
>         >> On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:41:14 +0200
>         >> Brandon Invergo <b.invergo at gmail.com> wrote:
>         >>
>         >> > No sooner did I write that defense of Diaspora than I
>         read this
>         >> > article:
>         >> >
>         >> >
>         http://allthingsd.com/20111013/at-lunch-with-diaspora-the-non-profit-open-source-social-network-built-by-outsiders/
>         >> > In which they float the idea of charging people for
>         running a pod. At
>         >> > the same time, a friend on Facebook who has been waiting
>         for an
>         >> > invite to joindiaspora.com was talking about how he felt
>         that they
>         >> > were soliciting invites in exchange for donations. I'm
>         assuming he
>         >> > just got the same email as everyone else asking for
>         donations but
>         >> > since they also sent it to the people waiting for
>         invitations, it was
>         >> > difficult not to make that assumption.
>         >>
>         >> <snip>
>         >>
>         >> That's definitely happening.
>         >> I'm still waiting for an 'invitation' and got the email
>         asking for $25
>         >> with the assurance that everybody donating wouldn't have to
>         wait any
>         >> longer.
>         >> Young blokes beginning to see the uptake of a new project
>         and eyeing
>         >> Zuckerburg potentials is how I see it.
>         >> If it carries on I might be declining the 'invitation'
>         before I receive
>         >> it.
>         >> Regards,
>         >>
>         >> Weaver.
>         >> --
>         >> "In a world without walls and fences,
>         >> what need have we for Windows or Gates?"
>         >> -Anon.
>         >>
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