Computer Geeks: “Give Us Your Huddled Facebook Masses”
By Recently I wrote about the need for Facebook alternatives. A team of NYU computer science students may have just the thing:
Why can’t privacy and connectedness go hand-in-hand? That’s the question being raised by those behind the new Diaspora project, an ambitious undertaking to build an “anti-Facebook” – that is, a private, open source social network that puts you back in control of your personal data.
Envisioned by four NYU computer science students, the Diaspora project would replace today’s centralized social web (yes, they mean you, Facebook) with a decentralized one, while still offering something that’s convenient and easy for anyone to use.
And not a moment too soon. More from the New York Times.