@deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org It introduced us to Circles which Diaspora* stole and made "Aspects".
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@deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org It introduced us to Circles which Diaspora* stole and made "Aspects". That's still a worthwhile festure.
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@deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org It introduced us to Circles which Diaspora* stole and made "Aspects". That's still a worthwhile festure.
@gme Actually DIaspora's Aspects were before Google+'s Circles. Google claims they came up with them independently, maybe so, but if there was any stealing involved it was by Google not Diaspora.
And @deadsuperhero while I agree in general that it's not enough to recreate another service, there are exceptions. Google+ was on track to a big success until the nymwars he momentum of their launch and alienated a key chunk of early users; "No ads" and "we're not Facebook" were both killer-enough features. https://xkcd.com/918/
Threads is another example. The thing is, though, both of these are from huge companies that have all kinds of advantages, so it's not a strategy that's likely to work for smaller fediverse projects.
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@gme Actually DIaspora's Aspects were before Google+'s Circles. Google claims they came up with them independently, maybe so, but if there was any stealing involved it was by Google not Diaspora.
And @deadsuperhero while I agree in general that it's not enough to recreate another service, there are exceptions. Google+ was on track to a big success until the nymwars he momentum of their launch and alienated a key chunk of early users; "No ads" and "we're not Facebook" were both killer-enough features. https://xkcd.com/918/
Threads is another example. The thing is, though, both of these are from huge companies that have all kinds of advantages, so it's not a strategy that's likely to work for smaller fediverse projects.
@thenexusofprivacy @gme @deadsuperhero It really was a neat service. But never got the backing from the higher ups at Google!
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@gme Actually DIaspora's Aspects were before Google+'s Circles. Google claims they came up with them independently, maybe so, but if there was any stealing involved it was by Google not Diaspora.
And @deadsuperhero while I agree in general that it's not enough to recreate another service, there are exceptions. Google+ was on track to a big success until the nymwars he momentum of their launch and alienated a key chunk of early users; "No ads" and "we're not Facebook" were both killer-enough features. https://xkcd.com/918/
Threads is another example. The thing is, though, both of these are from huge companies that have all kinds of advantages, so it's not a strategy that's likely to work for smaller fediverse projects.
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Actually DIaspora's Aspects were before Google+'s Circles.
I stand corrected. I guess my memory isn't what is used to be. I recall supporting the Diaspora project/ kickstarter while it was being developed while I was already on Google+. Guess I remembered wrong. -
@thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange @deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org
Actually DIaspora's Aspects were before Google+'s Circles.
I stand corrected. I guess my memory isn't what is used to be. I recall supporting the Diaspora project/ kickstarter while it was being developed while I was already on Google+. Guess I remembered wrong.It was a long time ago and all blurs together! @gme
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@thenexusofprivacy @gme @deadsuperhero It really was a neat service. But never got the backing from the higher ups at Google!
@phillycodehound certainly a huge missed opportunity
