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diff --git a/posts/2013-06-30-find-me-on-diaspora.skr b/posts/2013-06-30-find-me-on-diaspora.skr deleted file mode 100644 index fc2410d..0000000 --- a/posts/2013-06-30-find-me-on-diaspora.skr +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -(post - :title "Find Me on Diaspora" - :date (make-date* 2013 06 30) - :tags '("foss" "diaspora" "federated" "decentralized" "rails" "wsu") - :summary "I have started using and contributing to Diaspora." - - (p [With all of the recent news about the NSA’s widespread spying, I -have decided to ween myself off of proprietary, centralized web -services. Facebook, Google, and other such corporations hold onto -massive amounts of our data that we’ve willingly given to them via -status messages, “like” buttons, searches, and emails. Using and -contributing to free (as in freedom), decentralized (like email) web -services is a really great way to re-establish control of our data. -These services rely on many small, interconnected nodes to operate, -rather than a monolithic website that is under the control of one -entity. If the distinction between centralized and decentralized -isn’t clear, consider how email functions. There are many email -providers to choose from. Users can communicate with others that -choose to use a different email provider. This is how web services -should work, but unfortunately very few work this way now.]) - - (p [The centralized web application that I spend too much time using -is Facebook. I have knowingly given Facebook a “frontdoor” into my -life for years now and I’m ready to move on. I think that the concept -of a “social network” is fun, so I wanted a Facebook replacement. -Fortunately, there is one: -,(anchor [Diaspora] "http://diasporaproject.org/").]) - - (p [Diaspora is a -,(anchor [free] "https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora"), -distributed, social networking web application written in Ruby using -the Rails framework. Diaspora is a community-run project. Its success -depends upon users, developers, technical writers, user interface -designers, etc. investing their time and/or money into making it -better. The Diaspora network is broken up into many servers, known as -,(anchor [pods] "http://podupti.me"). -Users have the choice of which pod to store their data on. -Pods assert no ownership over their user’s data, unlike Facebook, and -do not use that data for targeted advertisements. Diaspora is still a -rather young project, but it does everything that I need it to -do. Goodbye, Facebook!]) - - (p [Since I’m a programmer, I naturally wanted to hack on some code and -contribute. The main developers are very friendly and give great -guidance to newcomers that want to help out. Every Monday is a “Bug -Mash Monday”, where a list of open issues is presented to entice -contributors to resolve them. In the past few weeks, I have made two -contributions to the Diaspora project: a -,(anchor [bug fix] "https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/2948") -and a -,(anchor [small feature] "https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/2948"). -Diaspora is very hackable and I encourage other developers -with Ruby/Rails and Javascript knowledge to join in.]) - - (p [TL\;R: Diaspora is great. Create an account. Check out my -,(anchor [profile] "https://joindiaspora.com/u/davexunit"). -Start sharing. Happy hacking. :\)])) |