Diaspora Coming Alive
Visit joindiaspora.com and sign up to get early invitations. Diaspora team has made it clear that, they are in no hurry to roll out the service and through these initial private invites, they hopes to "quickly identify performance problems and iterate on features as quickly as possible."
"Diaspora lets you create 'aspects,' which are personal lists that let you group people according to the roles they play in your life. We think that aspects are a straightforward, simple and lightweight way to make it really clear who is receiving your posts and who you are receiving posts from. It isn’t perfect, but the best way to improve is to get it into your hands and listen closely to your response."
It was reported elsewhere that, Mark Zuckerberg himself has donated to Diaspora project. When he was asked what he thought of Diaspora, the anti-Facebook project which came about as a brainchild of four NYU students, Zuckerberg’s response was this - "I donated. I think it is a cool idea."
He also revealed that he is motivated to help these college kids because he sees "a little of myself in them." Was it a marketing stunt or a genuine gesture towards something good is anybody's guess. [via diaspora blog, image source]