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Sep. 26th, 2014 08:33 amDiaspora, and Sgrouples, and Ello! Oh my!
So now I have three MORE places to update.. more than the original places I had before.
Exciting, I tell ya.
Diaspora, at least in my circles, suffers from lack of adoption. I think if it has existed 10-15 years ago, it would have a nice early geek adoption that would have led to it going interesting places by now. Today however...
Ello is cute, but really not done yet. Needs more time to bake. Too many things missing, too much lack of forethought on the interface, and while the adoption rate is skyrocketing, nobody seems to be really using it.
And Sgrouples... Interesting interface, and I think I might finally understand how it might work, but it seems kinda closed off for me. It does bill itself as the most secure social network there is, but there comes a point where swinging the pendulum to the other side doesn't really help matters any.
I find, increasingly, that I want to go back to DreamWidth (LJ variant). I can pay them for better services, they use that money for the site, and it links to LJ so I can update them both.
Free is a great thing, but free means we're at the whim of the site owners both in what they do to the site, and also what they do to raise money for it (up to and including selling off the floor beneath our feet).
I'd rather pay for a site that would take me seriously about the things I need and want, and know that I have a direct effect on how things are run.
The other fun part about this fuss is that it continues to go around. And around.. and Around... Not the first rodeo here. Everybody knows we want better, but it's a hassle to switch. A pain to double post. My curiosity is to see this time how many people are truly committed to leaving Facebook behind. Or if nothing else, segregating it to a place to put cross-posts in other places. Between games, calendaring/event planning, instant messaging, photo organization, subject promotion (when you pay), and of course micro-blogging, Facebook has established itself as the one-stop shop. The draw is undeniable. Demand is high.
Clearly.
If Facebook shut down tomorrow, what would you use instead for these services, and how would you convince folks to keep up the tribe across different parts? That's the kind of thinking we need today. The only way this works is if we treat Facebook as if it is gone TODAY.
So now I have three MORE places to update.. more than the original places I had before.
Exciting, I tell ya.
Diaspora, at least in my circles, suffers from lack of adoption. I think if it has existed 10-15 years ago, it would have a nice early geek adoption that would have led to it going interesting places by now. Today however...
Ello is cute, but really not done yet. Needs more time to bake. Too many things missing, too much lack of forethought on the interface, and while the adoption rate is skyrocketing, nobody seems to be really using it.
And Sgrouples... Interesting interface, and I think I might finally understand how it might work, but it seems kinda closed off for me. It does bill itself as the most secure social network there is, but there comes a point where swinging the pendulum to the other side doesn't really help matters any.
I find, increasingly, that I want to go back to DreamWidth (LJ variant). I can pay them for better services, they use that money for the site, and it links to LJ so I can update them both.
Free is a great thing, but free means we're at the whim of the site owners both in what they do to the site, and also what they do to raise money for it (up to and including selling off the floor beneath our feet).
I'd rather pay for a site that would take me seriously about the things I need and want, and know that I have a direct effect on how things are run.
The other fun part about this fuss is that it continues to go around. And around.. and Around... Not the first rodeo here. Everybody knows we want better, but it's a hassle to switch. A pain to double post. My curiosity is to see this time how many people are truly committed to leaving Facebook behind. Or if nothing else, segregating it to a place to put cross-posts in other places. Between games, calendaring/event planning, instant messaging, photo organization, subject promotion (when you pay), and of course micro-blogging, Facebook has established itself as the one-stop shop. The draw is undeniable. Demand is high.
Clearly.
If Facebook shut down tomorrow, what would you use instead for these services, and how would you convince folks to keep up the tribe across different parts? That's the kind of thinking we need today. The only way this works is if we treat Facebook as if it is gone TODAY.