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 <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
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