"Facebook Killer" Diaspora Finally Launches Alpha Version

Amid some excitement and some skepticism, the so-called "Facebook killer" finally launched its Alpha version earlier this week. The first batch of invitations have been sent. Will you ask for yours?

Amid some excitement and some skepticism, the so-called “Facebook killer” finally launched its Alpha version earlier this week. The first batch of invitations have been sent. Will you ask for yours?

Although initial backers will be first in line, the guys at Diaspora have promised to quickly start making their way through the mailing list. “By taking these baby steps,” they say, “we’ll be able to quickly identify performance problems and iterate on features as quickly as possible.”

You may or may not have heard about Diaspora by now, so let me give you a brief summary of how it works: Diaspora lets you keep doing whatever it is you like doing online -tweeting, sharing links and photos, posting stuff on Flickr- but your data remains completely under your control.

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