Diaspora (currently styled diaspora* and formerly styled DIASPORA*) is a nonprofit, user-owned, distributed social network that is based upon the free Diaspora software. Diaspora consists of a group of independently owned nodes (called pods) which interoperate to form the network. As of March 2014, there are more than 1 million Diaspora accounts.[1]
The social network is not owned by any one person or entity, keeping it from being subject to corporate take-overs or advertising. In September 2011 the developers stated, "...our distributed design means no big corporation will ever control Diaspora. Diaspora* will never sell your social life to advertisers, and you won’t have to conform to someone’s arbitrary rules or look over your shoulder before you speak."[2]
Diaspora software development is managed by the Diaspora Foundation, which is part of the Free Software Support Network (FSSN). The FSSN is in turn run by Eben Moglen and the Software Freedom Law Center. The FSSN acts as an umbrella organization to Diaspora development and manages Diaspora's branding, finances and legal assets.[3]
Yes, this exists, but it is not easy to join. You cannot join it from the page you linked, and the first like off that page is a wiki page that starts with "the short version". At which point regular people give up, which is why the biggest diaspora site is only 20k users.
Until it is quick and easy to join, Diaspora fails.
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FriedFood100 ago
Diaspora (social network) https://diasporafoundation.org/
arrggg ago
Yes, this exists, but it is not easy to join. You cannot join it from the page you linked, and the first like off that page is a wiki page that starts with "the short version". At which point regular people give up, which is why the biggest diaspora site is only 20k users.
Until it is quick and easy to join, Diaspora fails.
PraiseIPU ago
https://podupti.me/ sign up page