In an attempt to decentralize the hegemony of a social networking site, offering its members a lot more philosophy free and ethical principles relating to privacy, emerge Diaspora, an independent network designed by a group of students from the University of New York. This project will seek, from a trench that emphasizes values \u200b\u200bsuch as privacy and freedom of communication and partnership between a community of people, challenge the digital giant, Facebook, a favorite of Internet users.
Fund through voluntary donations gathered through kickstarter.com site, unlike the round of investors that backed Facebook, among which included former directors of the CIA, Diaspora launched a modest request for $ 10,000 to fund the new network programming. However, the sympathy generated by this alternative project since it was announced for the first time, earned for twenty times more funding than originally requested, managing to raise $ 200.641 U.S. dollars through 6.471 donors who contributed from five dollars to a few thousands. And that's not all, as many organizations and individuals offers free services to assist in the development of Diaspora.
Diaspora originated from a student group of programmers believe the urgent need for social networking on the Internet was created, based on the philosophy of open source or open source, and to allow its members full control over the information stored and shared through digital community. And as an essential premise agreed that this information should be kept away from any corporate interest, thus avoiding eventually be "used" in harmony with shady agendas and commercial interests. In essence, this project pays tribute to the idea that privacy and information sharing are not exclusive concepts as we have been thinking of other social networks, particularly Facebook.
After intense days of code and algorithms that will shape the soul of the new community information, and many months of work by all involved, the project seems to have finally seen its first digital light this coming September 15, just like this posted on the official blog. Expectancies about Diaspora, as an alternative to Facebook are huge, and thousands of users, perhaps millions, and are prepared to test this new option, many of them tired of the cynical privacy policies imposed by the network Zuckerberg and company.
Interestingly the final date of release Diaspora comes at a critical moment of climax against Facebook, who not only denounced the flagrant abuse of the privacy of its users, the presence of interests linked to the CIA on its board of investors and their discrimination against certain causes and organizations, including groups in favor of legalizing marijuana, or the WikiLeaks site, but now, the latest scandals facebookers is that this network has initiated an aggressive legal campaign against any plan digital using the word "Face" and "Book" in their names.
Diaspora's arrival is an event fundamental within the dashboard. With it, millions of users can express their disapproval of the philosophy of Facebook in a tangible way: migrating their profiles to a project that embodies diametrically, his alterego. However, the mission that many have relied on Diaspora will not be easy, as Facebook with more than 500 million users has become an element whose presence is almost inherent in the daily lives of its members.
But who would have bet a few years ago that by now MySpace, the once king of social networks, would be relegated to a modest and insignificant? For MySpace and dozens of others, we suggest that, as in every other niche market or social phenomena are cyclical and most of them ends up being rather short-lived. Facebook natural process that could have accelerated their abusive policies and sociodigital unethical.
Finally, if Diaspora so successful that many expect and desire, remains to be seen whether this project really does stay away from the clutches of corporate and commercial agendas, once it has established itself as a pulse within social internet. But that can only time will reveal.
Meanwhile in Pyjamas Surf we confess that we are really excited about the idea that soon emerge from the crystalline waters of hyperspace, a real alternative to Facebook platform that even though we use to disseminate our information, much of it's own criticism against Facebook, invariably leaves a bad taste in mouth and gives us confidence. In fact, take this opportunity to invite you to join the Facebook group "Let's go Diaspora" in order to inseminate the digital gardens with a high dose of dignity user versus digital platforms.
hope to meet with our dear readers in this seeming oasis called digital Diaspora, and asked them to help spread the seeds ethereal as a manifestation that reflects the value we place on our privacy and our right to free exchange of information.
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