[Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora
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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