From 2c01d4daeff989a556083d26b7c6e5cf7f89b472 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Thompson Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2022 17:41:36 -0500 Subject: Prefix old post file names with dates. --- posts/diaspora.md | 53 ----------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 53 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 posts/diaspora.md (limited to 'posts/diaspora.md') diff --git a/posts/diaspora.md b/posts/diaspora.md deleted file mode 100644 index 32a8991..0000000 --- a/posts/diaspora.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -title: Find Me on Diaspora -date: 2013-06-30 15:00 -tags: foss, diaspora, federated, decentralized, rails, wsu -summary: I have started using and contributing to Diaspora. ---- - -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. - -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: [Diaspora](http://diasporaproject.org/). - -Diaspora is a [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 -[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! - -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 -[bug fix](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/2948) and a -[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. - -TL;DR: Diaspora is great. Create an account. Check out my -[profile](https://joindiaspora.com/u/davexunit). Start sharing. Happy -hacking. :) -- cgit v1.2.3