Tag: diaspora

Why Diaspora failed (and why their failure is important to the social web)

Why Diaspora failed (and why their failure is important to the social web)

August 28, 2012

Social media is fragile right now. The Facebook IPO failure (which followed several less-publicized failures by other social media sites)...

Diaspora Co-Founder Dies At 21

Diaspora Co-Founder Dies At 21

November 13, 2011

Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy, far left in the image above, has died. This story is developing as there is no...

Diaspora’s Up. Do You Still Care?

Diaspora’s Up. Do You Still Care?

November 25, 2010

I could say it feels like only yesterday I was introducing you guys to Diaspora, but that would very much...

Diaspora Lives! But Will Facebook Die?

Diaspora Lives! But Will Facebook Die?

September 16, 2010

If you're at all a social network enthusiast, you're probably interested in - or at least peripherally familiar with -...

September 15th, Official Switch From Facebook Day

September 15th, Official Switch From Facebook Day

August 27, 2010

If you hate Facebook, mark the date September 15th in your calendar. The guys from Diaspora, the anti-Facebook, have announced...

PR Stunt? Or True Generosity? Facebook CEO Donates To Competitors

PR Stunt? Or True Generosity? Facebook CEO Donates To Competitors

May 28, 2010

When faced with competition, most of us would get our defenses up and carefully eye our new rivals from a...

Like Facebook, But Minus The Suck?

Like Facebook, But Minus The Suck?

May 12, 2010

Facebook is one of those things you hate yourself for using, but you keep using it and hating yourself because,...