On 16 October 2011 02:28, Yosem Companys <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:41:14 +0200 >> Brandon Invergo <[email protected]> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedombox-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
