Diaspora (Open Source Social Networking) Goes Alpha (1 Viewer)

[goldiejam]

Its all bones at the moment, but nice to have a look around..

www.diasp.org

 

[HMD]

i signed up for it about a month ago and couldn't log in. have they sorted that out.

 

[goldiejam]

the joindiaspora.com main "pod" is not accepting any more users just yet, but these guys at www.diasp.org are accepting new users on their pod.

 

[taubstumm]

the joindiaspora.com main "pod" is not accepting any more users just yet, but these guys at www.diasp.org are accepting new users on their pod.

these guys are going to have to make this all a bit more user-friendly and/or idiot-proof if they want to take on facebook. or even just make non-nerds ever use it.

 

[goldiejam]

these guys are going to have to make this all a bit more user-friendly and/or idiot-proof if they want to take on facebook. or even just make non-nerds ever use it.

well of course, its only in its infancy, but there is a will out there for an alternative,especially an open source one.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I thought the alternative was the rest of the internet.

 

[goldiejam]

yep, broadly speaking you are right,but in terms of a open source social networking site, this has not been tried before, id love to see it catch on..

 

[taubstumm]

well of course, its only in its infancy, but there is a will out there for an alternative,especially an open source one.

yep, i'm all for it as well. i'd love to see it become huge. but at the moment, clicking around, i can barely make sense of it. pods? aspects? server hosting? huh? if it's going to work, it needs to have a single, simple, elegant point of involvement, and hide everything else. despite the fact that it is open-source and therefore not linked to a single 'place', it would still make sense to make it easy for people. something akin to the front page of tumblr would be simple enough for average schmoes to get into it.

 

[HMD]

So how do i get an invite. What am i doing wrong?

 

[coast to coast]

This might sound awfully superficial, but their website looks fucking shite considering how long they've been working on it.

 

[goldiejam]

yep, i'm all for it as well. i'd love to see it become huge. but at the moment, clicking around, i can barely make sense of it. pods? aspects? server hosting? huh? if it's going to work, it needs to have a single, simple, elegant point of involvement, and hide everything else. despite the fact that it is open-source and therefore not linked to a single 'place', it would still make sense to make it easy for people. something akin to the front page of tumblr would be simple enough for average schmoes to get into it.

i agree,im sure that will all come with time, its the code behind it that matters

So how do i get an invite. What am i doing wrong?

www.diasp.org

This might sound awfully superficial, but their website looks fucking shite considering how long they've been working on it.

that is not their website, that is just the address of a server that is running diaspora, the main website is www.joindiaspora.com

 

[HMD]

And then where do i click? when i click on sign-up i get this

We are on hold to offer hosting for code stability, but....
Do it your selfer? We use Virpus for VPS and they have great prices.

 

[goldiejam]

https://diasp.org/users/sign_up

 

[HMD]

thanks

 

[billygannon]

I'm on this properly now. I like it, but no one is on it. Feels a little like the Overlook Hotel.

 

[pete]

i joined, took a look around, & never went back. that says more about me than any social networking site though.

 

[goldiejam]

It's getting a beta release in October, there seems to be quite a.bit of hype.about it on the net.

http://ryanbrockey.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/diaspora-germinating-a-new-social-web/

 

[ann post]

it sounds gorgeously naive.

 

[Goodbye]

Having a facebook page kinda defeats the purpose no?

 

[ann post]

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if its just those people at the end of the video and no-one else, i'm in.