Laforge Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Kay so, yes, i've too much time on my hands atm. Bad weather plus a week off from work. ----- Decided to check out https://diasporafoundation.org/, a decentralized distributed social media network. Made an account on one of the "diaspora pods": laforge-at-poddery.com Also i found http://ancapistan.com/ there where anyone can give an indication of where thinking people live. Not exactly brand new stuff but i was wondering if anyone has an opinion on either of these services.
Carl Green Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Can you comment a little on your user experience with diaspora? Does it seem active or is it, at least currently, a gimmicky thing that people check out and forget about 10 minutes later?
Laforge Posted July 29, 2015 Author Posted July 29, 2015 To be honest i never used Facebook and don't plan to. So i couldn't really say if you'd be missing any features if you decided to switch.Yesterday i tried Friendica 3.4.1. This one imho is definitely gimmicky, simply too few users to be fun at the moment. They also strongly encourage you to set up your own server, not the most user friendly. Also currently a fairly immature interface.My first impression of Diaspora is really good, interface looks smooth. Sometimes a bit laggy loading times, that may depend on which pod you're on, i got one in France. But plenty of active peeps! Didn't try to 'friend' anyone but i got 6 confirmed 'acquaintances' this morning. After you do this you can see a bit more of their private profile + fotos. One of them is an active member of Anonymous with a huge pgp key. (everyone knows the length of your public pgp key determines your coolness). Anyway i'm obviously planning to share and spread FDR.
Carl Green Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 I've checked it out and agree with your first impression of Diaspora. carl_green(at)diaspora.punkbeer.me
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