Anti-Facebook Startup Diaspora Promises to "Go Faster"

I was about to impulsively donate when I first saw the Kickstarter page but decided to watch the video to get more info. Watching these guys talk made me realize they had no idea what they were doing (the thought in my mind was "have they ever coded anything?"). Diaspora: shitty engineering with great web design (not unlike most social startups today). Luckily this leaves the playing field open for people who actually know their shit.

I have a founders account from early contributions that I have never used. I logged in, setup the account, asked a few people if they wanted invites (nobody did) and haven't touched it, since. I don't care for other social networking sites (though I use LinkedIn), but supported Diaspora for principal.<p>I'm not expecting much, anymore. I hope otherwise, though.

The idea had so much potential; the execution was flawed though. Too much time has passed and yet Diaspora has yet to make much of an impact on the social network scene. Perhaps it is time to give it a rest, and let some other social network ideas bloom.

Diaspora is already dead. The masses won't use it because they already use Facebook, which fits their needs perfectly. Diaspora tried to appeal to the tech crowd, but they failed miserably with that by not having any idea what they're doing.

Chicken and egg to the max. Unfortunately, I just don't see this gaining any sort of significant traction (which it requires to be remotely useful).<p>Kudos to the team though for seeing their (great in theory) idea to fruition!

What does "go faster" mean? I have little hope for Diaspora, it seems to be on kerfluffle after the next.

...must every headline be this inflammatory? Must everything be "Anti-Facebook", "Anti-Google", or an "iPhone Killer"??<p>They're just promoting a new idea. No Anti-Facebook. Just a thought and innovation.<p>For the love of god, Zuck invested $1k in them.

We're headed off a cliff!<p>Go faster!

I wonder how much of their capital they've run through.

Is there any place to actually see Diaspora in action?<p>Marcin / linkfindr.com

PogoPlug (<a href="http://www.pogoplug.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pogoplug.com/</a>) and Dropbox (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/</a>) are more popular than Diaspora, methinks. Maybe they could rename themselves to "Diaspora Cloud" or similar.