More on Diaspora* and I’m Weeding My Garden

As a quick f0llow-up to my previous post about Diaspora, I wanted to mention some other networks and services that share the same open-web/open-source spirit.  Additionally, I want to point people to open D* pods.  No invites required, these pods are free and fully alpha just like the joindiaspora.com pod I’m on and have been inviting people to.  Finally, I have a personal social network announcement.

Diaspora – Germinating a New Social Web

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[Be sure to read my follow-up post: More on Diaspora* and I'm Weeding My Garden]

I’ve posted about Diaspora before.  I’ve been following their progress for a while.  They had some hard times with security issues and they’ve spent a long while in a state of alpha testing that was buggy enough that it was really only worthwhile for developers.

That is changing.  Invites are starting to go out to general users.  The only contribution necessary is that you give feedback, and you don’t even have to do that (though it will only make the experience better).  Diaspora is still in alpha testing, but the developers are talking about new features coming online and migrating to official beta testing soon.