Indulge my curiosity!

[annathepiper]

So, the geekier amongst us have been keeping track of Diaspora for a while, given that it’s touting itself as an Open Source alternative to Facebook and Google+ and Twitter and such. Right now it’s in very early development stages, and while it’s possible to join existing Diaspora pods, it’s not exactly non-geek-friendly right now.

I’ve been on LJ long enough to be fairly sure that even if Diaspora attracts a geek audience, it’s unlikely to pick up significant numbers–and in particular, not likely to deal much of a blow to the huge numbers of Facebook, Twitter, or G+ users.

But I might be wrong! And I’m curious just to see what y’all think about it and whether you plan to use the system. I myself am not planning to at this time, in no small part because I’m barely able to keep track of the social networks I’m already on, and do not have time and patience to learn another one. Especially one so early in its development.

What do you think? If you’re seeing this post on LJ or Dreamwidth, please click on over to the annathepiper.org version of the post–the polls won’t work from LJ or DW.

Will you be or are you already using Diaspora?

• I set up my own Diaspora server
• I joined a public Diaspora pod
• I'll sign up on Diaspora when the code is more stable
• I'll sign up on Diaspora when it's easier to share things to it
• I'll sign up on Diaspora when more people are on it
• I'm not interested in Diaspora, I'm on enough social networks already
• I'm not interested in Diaspora, social networks aren't my thing
• Tickie! Tickie! All hail tickie!

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Will you leave other social networks when you join Diaspora?

• Yes, I will leave networks I no longer wish to support
• Yes, I can't keep track of all the networks so I'm sticking with Diaspora
• No, I have too many contacts elsewhere I don't want to leave
• No, I have to maintain a presence on other networks for my creative works
• I'm not on any other social networks
• Tickie is my master now!

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Mirrored from annathepiper.org.

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Diaspora's never going to succeed. The name is too weird and normal people won't even be able to pronounce it. I have an account there, but never remember to use it.

[annathepiper]

Sadly, you're probably right about the name!

And yeah, I have a very hard time imagining that it'll achieve the same level of visibility and ease that the big gun social networks have. And unless they do that, most people aren't going to care or even know about them.