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Diaspora? will the name even stand up against Facebook?

June 20, 2010

I want to quote Mike Stanton from the CNN blog on the name Diaspora?

Heads up Diaspora developers! Your project will fail if you keep that name. You need to make the name simple and catchy like "facebook". Otherwise casual users will not remember it, and you will not have the kind of growth you will need for this to be a success. ... Mike Stanton CNN blog

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Can Diaspora even have a go at Facebook?

June 20, 2010

There is a website being created to take on Facebook ... I will post more about Diaspora as they progress.

Diaspora is an open source project. I'm sure they will create a GPL license that will set this program free in to the wild. Like Linux and a host of other open source projects, much of the work is done by people for free. It's hard to believe that people donate such energy for free, but Joomla, Drupal, WordPress.... etc all live by this for the most part. FaceBook will not be able to...

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Facebook comment on CNN blog

June 20, 2010

I want to share a typical Facbook comment on CNN blog

The problem is not people who are whining about Facebook, and you can say "just don't sign up." The real key are people like myself and other early adopters. We got into this early on, when Facebook was still good, and had good privacy. But they've changed their privacy policy so many times, with no option to opt out, that who knows who has control of my data anymore? I came to CNN a week or two ago and my freaking face pops up on the...

Posted by facepuppet. Posted In : quit facebook

Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook

June 20, 2010

Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook ... an article I found on Gizmodo
Facebook privacy policies keep going down the drain. That's enough reason for many to abandon it. Here you will find nine more:

After some reflection, I've decided to delete my account on Facebook. I'd like to encourage you to do the same. This is part altruism and part selfish. The altruism part is that I think Facebook, as a company, is unethical. The selfish part is that I'd like my own social network to migrate...

Posted by facepuppet. Posted In : quit facebook