On 2 Jan 2011, at 19:16, Tim Dobson <li...@tdobson.net> 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 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
I just signed up for the invite. Heard about it a while ago, and wouldn't mind giving it a go. Cheers Liam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
