On 10/22/2011 11:38 AM, Eric Myers wrote:
On Sat, 22 Oct 2011, Sean Dague wrote:
The diaspora team, who are building an open source social network, now
have working code out there, as well as a canonical instance of it at
http://joindiaspora.com. They've done some good stuff, including easy
posting from diaspora to both facebook and twitter.
If you are interested, let me know. I think it's still an invite model.
One can also register to get an invitation, though if Sean is already on
then an invite through him might arrive sooner.
I'm already on, so I can send out invites. I wasn't quite caffeinated
enough when I sent that first email, so I left that part out. :)
It seems Diaspora involves a collection of servers, called 'pods', and
the pods exchange the information with other pods. You join a pod that
you feel you can trust with your personal information. Or you can set
one up yourself, with Apache+Ruby+MySQL (or Nginx instead of Apache).
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So perhaps just for a test, an MHVLUG pod would be in order, if Sean or
someone else is going to play with the code anyway. And those not
interested in the setup details could play with the interface on that
pod even if invites from the main pod are not yet forthcoming.
If someone wants to set up another pod, that would be cool. I've
personally got a few too many tasks on my plate to do it.
They are doing a good job of not just providing the code, but also
providing a working instance you can actually use.
-Sean
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