I read that some of the founding of Diaspora comes from the founder of FB. It that true? Martin
On Sun, 2011-10-16 at 02:41 -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
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