Open source, open Facebook “killer” Diaspora code is out

diaspora’s Profile – GitHub.

When Facebook was changing its privacy settings without user input, some students proposed on Kickstarter that they’d create an open source social network app that would let users be in control of privacy settings. They’ve been working for several months, and now the code is out.

Using Kickstarter, they crowdsourced their funding, and now the program, Diaspora, is out of the bag and ready to download.

I’m waiting for my T-shirt.

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About Barbara K. Iverson

Barbara K. Iverson, is a professor of New Media Journalism at Columbia College Chicago. Barbara is a "late life" journalist, who has taught elementary school, been an educational researcher, and done interactive multimedia design and production, before moving to journalism in 1999. She is putting theory into practice these days with a community and citizen news website, Chicagotalks.org and invites you all to send in news and stories about Chicago. Barbara is just finishing a sabbatical year researching the future of journalism. She blogs at CurrentBuzz.org and 2chicksblogging.com.

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