Andrew, Sent. Thanks Neil Perry
On 2 January 2011 20:08, Andrew Savin <andrew.sa...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > On 02/01/11 19:16, Tim Dobson wrote: > >> You've all seen the comings and goings of the likes of Google Wave, >> Plaxo, Plurk, Virb, Friendfeed, Friendster, Myspace... >> >> Well there's a new effort out there called Diaspora: >> http://join-diaspora.com in alpha right now with very limited numbers >> of invites. >> >> Here's my first impression: I think it might do what you wanted Buzz >> to do, but it isn't tied to anyone's company. Twitter is great for >> short posts and links, and very short chats. I like IRC/Jabber for text >> chats over just about anything else, but it isn't easy to do drawn out >> discussions spanning over several days. >> >> If you want to give diaspora a try, let me know and maybe others who >> have invites will also say hi in here as well. >> >> Diaspora might be pretty cool, but it won't be of any interest without >> a lot of like-minded people on it. Please consider joining us if >> >> - you enjoy testing all types of things with a bunch of people (that's >> why you're on this list, isn't it?) >> - you are willing to log in once a day for a while to try to help us >> get momentum >> - you are willing to try to get others in via your (currently) 5 invites. >> >> When you first get in to diaspora, you have two Aspects. These are >> simple groups of people, "work" and "family". I created one I call >> Geeks where most of you would be. If you like diaspora, you can try and >> drag your family in from Facebook. >> >> Personally, I like diaspora as a discussion platform, but it isn't >> rich like FB. Because it's simple though, you can post to your groups >> and discuss with them. The down side is that it's yet another site to >> log in on. >> >> I have a few invites left if anyone wants thinks they want be willing to >> give it a try and I was hoping that other people with invites might also >> be willing to donate a few to interested parties. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Tim >> >> If there's a spare invite I'd like to give it a go. > > Andrew > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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