Notices tagged with diaspora

@matt
> Diaspora is an open source federated version of Facebook

Not really. The only things that make #Diaspora substantially different from Mastodon are:
* no char limits on posts (by default)
* slightly saner display of threads
* the ability to post to groups of users defined by interests etc, as well as public or DM.

It lacks most of the killer features of FB (realtime chat, events etc) and is more like a federated G+.
@techit

@stevenroose I want to say "have you actually used #Diaspora?" then caught myself and realized that could sound more aggressive than intended ;) But that's something people are always saying, and it really isn't true. Diaspora is pretty similar to Friendica, a federated blogging platform with a few options for posting to public/ private/ select subset of friends. It doesn't have any of the feature that make FB distinct; live chat, events invites/ RSVPs, etc.

♲ @hoergen@horche.demkontinuum.de:

Fediverse: We are family - We are Community - We are Future

When I mark a post as "public" on #Friendica or #Diaspora, is it only available to other users logged into federated web apps using compatible protocols, or can it be visited by any web user? If it's the latter, what's the URL for visiting a public feed on these platforms?

@framasky just upgraded #framasphere to debian buster. With that, we now are running postgresql 11 instead of 9.6. Performance improvements can notably be felt, even if the /stream can still take several seconds to load.

#diaspora

@lightweight #ContributorsWelcome! One way anyone can help is with research, adding new projects to the relevant pages on our wiki, and updating them on the basis of your testing:
https://gitlab.com/fediverse/fediverse.gitlab.io/wikis/

Eg X now successfully federates over #ActivityPub, or Y is adding support for #Diaspora protocols. As the fediverse grows and evolves, this becomes a bigger and bigger job.

@jessmahler the reason I specify the "AP fediverse" is that some of the other networks that now seem to be included under the conceptual umbrella of the fediverse work quite differently. #Diaspora for example, has always allowed users to choose between posting to public, followers, or subgroups of them (like the "circles" concept in G+), but isn't compatible with AP apps like Masto. #Zot apps (#Hubzilla and #Zap) have a totally different and amazingly granular privacy model, but few users.

@stevenroose people often suggest #Diaspora as a replacement for FB. I can only presume they a) never used Diaspora, b) never used FB, or c) they're basing this on the stated goal of the Diaspora founders without even thinking about whether they got anywhere near achieving it. Nothing in the fediverse has bidirectional connections that I'm aware of, let alone the rest of what makes FB what it is.

@kaniini I can't help but notice these talking points coming up repeatedly, about the existing *public* #fediverse not protecting privacy. What part of public are people not getting? If folks want fully private federated messaging, they can use networks running #Diaspora, #Zot, #SSB, #XMPP with #OMEMO, or #Matrix with encryption turned on. #OStatus can't do private, and although #ActivityPub can, nobody has implemented it well yet, and its meaningless without encryption (#E2EE).
@hellpie

"When you “follow” someone, it is a signal that you want to listen to what that person has to say. But just because you follow someone doesn’t mean they are listening back. This unidirectional model is actually a poor choice for a close-ties network because close-ties relationships depend on frequent bidirectional communication."
- https://onezero.medium.com/why-google-failed-4b9db05b973b

This is why nothing in the current #fediverse - including #Diaspora - can replace FarceBook. They're all based on unidirectional follows.

Getting sure thé #cucumber tests are green.

#diaspora