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Re:Diaspora doesn’t have what it takes to topple Facebook by stcredzero on Monday August 30, 2010 @11:41AM (#1646501)
Why make it necessary to switch? Make it an adjunct to FB. The more secure super-hip adjunct. I can imagine someone getting their circle of hip friends on FB because they want to share some racy stuff, and they no longer trust FB. It's entirely plausible that they could still keep track of their school chums and parents on FB.

People in protest movements would gravitate toward such software. They have reason to be paranoid about a centralized corporate service.

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Re:Diaspora doesn’t have what it takes to topple Facebook by what on Monday August 30, 2010 @11:54AM (#1646535)
Everything still stands. It's too much effort for normal people to host their own node and you won't be able to find anyone else on it. They have to solve discovery before it will even come close to useful.
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Re:Diaspora doesn’t have what it takes to topple Facebook by TallGuyShort on Monday August 30, 2010 @12:19PM (#1646628)
I'm sure there are a number of groups waiting for September 15th to pounce on the opportunity to provide this service: Inexpensive (or free) Diaspora hosting, that's transparent and easy to manage.
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