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Diaspora Alpha hands-on: a video review of Facebook's competition
So, Diaspora started sending out invites. Jay got one and invited me in! Rather than bore you with a lengthy text description, I've decided to bore you with a video instead, so you can at least see for yourself what it looks like while I rattle on and on.
The aesthetic is different than what we've seen in past screenshots. It doesn't look as good, at least to me. At any rate, you're welcome to watch the video after the break and judge for yourself!
What do you think? Can this venture even get off the ground?
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Subscribe to commentsGamerOfFreedomNov 24th 2010 1:02PM
Good video. Seems like a decent social network but for geeks?
ChedstoneNov 24th 2010 1:09PM
You wouldn't happen to have any sweet invites would you Erez? I'm @roymckenzie on Twitter.
tlyNov 24th 2010 1:54PM
Looks interesting
Crazy SerbNov 24th 2010 2:29PM
Wow...
Getting off the ground with just that, after all this hype, money and whatnot?
Please.
As a programmer, I might get semi-excited... no, actually, I can't. They've got nothing to show for, they brought absolutely nothing new to the table other than that "aspect" segmentation, and they are running on pure wishful thinking.
I am sure that Facebook, if they really wanted to, could implement most of these new "life changing" features overnight and get this game over with. And they would do it with style too...
People should just give up trying to be next Facebook or trying to beat them - Facebook as it is owns social game, in a way, and if you play that field you'll lose, no matter who you think you are or how much money you've got behind you or what kinds of breakthrough new ideas you're juggling in your head. The social game train has long left the station, and if you are just in the process of building your own wagon, you've lost already. Go jump on another train, reinvent the game, play on a different field and bring something new to the table, for a change...
GenericNov 26th 2010 10:57AM
@Crazy Serb
I can't disagree more. If we all just left an idea without trying to do something different with it then we will have one cellphone, computer, car, house, email client, etc.
Social networks have only recently taken off and it is still too early to say that one will give us what we want forever. Also a little competition is healthy for the market.
In contrast, twitter hardly has competition although there have been attempts like identi.ca, miio.com, zannel.com and the long dead pownce.com. The reason they all failed to take over twitter or be competitive enough was that twitter's market share isn't big anyway.
On the other hand, facebook-like networks have more momentum and it is early to talk about a network that hasn't differentiated itself yet. This is an alpha release (not a beta) of something built by a bunch of students trying to create a new kind of social network. The purpose of diaspora is that you be able to comment on your friends' activities without being forced to create an account with the same service they are using. You own your identity.
nujutechNov 24th 2010 3:31PM
What chrome extensions are you using?
motangNov 24th 2010 4:41PM
Looks interesting, hoping this will actually see the light of day.
FalconerNov 24th 2010 8:26PM
Cool video, amigo!
seans_espaceNov 28th 2010 2:09PM
The name "Diaspora" sounds like a disease.