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Diaspora, Facebook Competitor, To Launch September 15

First Posted: 10/30/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:30 PM ET

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Diaspora Facebook Competitor

pcmag.com:

Open-source social network Diaspora is set to launch on Sept. 15, the service's creators announced in Thursday blog post. But can it do battle with Facebook?

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whowhatwhywherewhen
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12:51 PM on 08/31/2010
Awesome...another thing people will try and pressure me to join and I'll say no to. FANTASTIC!
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SweetTart
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12:10 PM on 08/31/2010
I'll definitely check them out. Closed my FB account some months ago -- first of all, all the requests from friends to help them with their Farmville annoyed me no end. But it was the constantly shifting privacy issue that drove me away, and I have no desire to return.
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Blues02
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01:14 AM on 08/31/2010
Finally! I am so sick of facebook.
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08:34 PM on 08/30/2010
Why does anyone bother with MySpace? It's like a 2007/2008 joke. Facebook is littered with privacy flaws.
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makeithappen98
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10:43 AM on 08/30/2010
Look forward to something other than FACEBOOK!!! home this will be a winner!!!
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J0E1
Don't blame me, I'm not a republicrat.
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10:34 AM on 08/30/2010
But can it do battle with Facebook?

No. The biggest problem? How the hell do you pronounce that thing? How is it going to generate buzz when no one knows how to say it?
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AlexFTW
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10:52 AM on 08/30/2010
Um, it's a common word, sounds like you should have paid attention in school.
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Cryostatic
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12:18 PM on 08/31/2010
No, it really, really isn't.

Diaspora is the migration of a group of people away from their ancestral homeland. It's not a common event, nor has it ever been. You'd have to stretch really hard to work it into general conversation. I've heard it used to refer to Jews living outside Israel, but that's it.
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curiousasheck
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11:21 AM on 08/30/2010
A diaspora (in Greek, διασπορά – "a scattering [of seeds]") is the movement or migration of a group of people, such as those sharing a national and/or ethnic identity, away from an established or ancestral homeland. When capitalized, the Diaspora refers to the exile of the Jewish people and Jews living outside ancient or modern day Israel.
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