Diaspora* social network federation protocol

I feel like ActivityPub has won here. (Used by GNU Social, Mastodon, Plemora, PeerTube, etc.) I think even Diaspora plans to add support for it eventually.

I added this link, instead of the main diaspora* page, because I've been looking into open social network _protocols_, instead of just distributed social network systems. An open protocol would enable much more competition in the social network space, since users would still be able to communicate with their friends when trying out a new social networking app.

Sites like <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;steemit.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;steemit.com</a> <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;minds.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;minds.com</a> appear to be gaining some traction with actual users. I felt Diaspora had failed to take off and lost its opportunity, although now that FB has lost its halo in suburbia there might be new opportunities for change in people&#x27;s habits...

Sounds interesting... But the overview doesn&#x27;t say anything about what problems it solves or how... I think it should give some clue as to why one would read more unless you are only targeting people with this prior knowledge.

I was curious, is Diaspora* used anywhere or by anyone?

What can you do with Diaspora? It looks like you can post text and images, share it with people, and they can comment on it and like it.<p>What else? I mean, they&#x27;ve been building it for nearly 8 years now, so presumably there&#x27;s a tonne more you can do with it?<p>I don&#x27;t know if it&#x27;s just hidden, but is there really still no events functionality?

Is it feasible to interoperate with Facebook? Use a disporia client and still see Facebook friends in your feed and messenger?