Neowin News Feed for: Diaspora

Half a million people join the fediverse in November, most joining Mastodon

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 02:52:01 +0000

The fediverse has seen more than 500,000 new users join so far this month. The spike in new users is largely backlash against Elon Musk taking over Twitter. Fediverse servers also increased. Read more...

PGP creator backs Openbook, a KickStarter privacy-first alternative to Facebook

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:36:02 +0000

A new privacy-oriented social network called Openbook has gained the support of notable security experts. The firm is due to launch its KickStarter on Tuesday to raise funds to build the new network. Read more...

Federated social network Diaspora delivers a new major release and is available for download

Paul Hill — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 22:06:01 +0000

The federated social network, Diaspora, has been upgraded to version 0.7. With this release, there are many under the hood improvements as well as user-facing changes such as better markdown support. Read more...

Co-founder of Diaspora passes away aged only 22 [Updated]

Paul Ferson — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:57:11 +0000

One of the four people responsible for founding Diaspora, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, has been reported to have passed away aged only 22. Read more...

Diaspora*: The successor to Facebook?

Tzvi Friedman — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:08:01 +0000

To say that Facebook has been under a lot of flak lately is quite an understatement. After being criticized from every direction over its privacy policy and options, and even holding a company-wide emergency meeting... Read more...