Diaspora Facebook Social Networking Alternative Wants to Kick Facebook Where It Hurts: Privacy

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The problem with Facebook these days is privacy. Left and right we hear that there are various issues when it comes to user privacy on Facebook and the more we hear about it the more we don’t like it, but, nonetheless, keep using it.

So what if your ex-boyfriend’s current wife knows he’s still keeping tabs on you on Facebook and you get awkward phone calls and instant messages every once in a while (just inventing that up, but, it might happen to you)? So what if you’re working for Apple and you lose that precious iPhone and then people will find everything about you from your Facebook account (this one actually happened)?

The fact remains that Facebook is growing stronger and stronger and everyone else is helping it indirectly. How? Well, name any new smartphone that doesn’t come with Facebook support out of the box! And there’s no problem with being that successful either. Facebook was a brilliant idea that turned shady just because someone got a little greedier than they’d have to actually be.

The alternative? A competitor that would become very popular while also making sure that privacy comes first. It’s not Google Buzz. Google tried the whole social networking and failed from day one when it comes to privacy. And it’s not MySpace either.

It might be Diaspora though, a social networking start-up ready to challenge Facebook, and everyone else, with a new networking concept. The company, dare I say it is a company, wants to convince us that there are better ways to network with your friends online, without having the feeling that everyone else is in on the conversations you’re having. Diaspora will let user choose what data to share and with whom, which is definitely a very interesting approach, at least in theory. You will have your own “node” and total control when it comes to your private data getting to your friends and back.

Diaspora is said to be launched this September and we’ll definitely check out its progress. In case you want to know more about it, we’ll start you off by telling you that behind Diaspora there are four young men with some good principles when it comes to social networking. We’ll just have to see if once Diaspora becomes popular enough, it will also start changing privacy rules in order to make more cash on the users’ backs. By the way, guys, how on earth do you plan to make money off Diaspora if the Facebook way is not the path to choose?

So good luck Diaspora, may your principles stay strong with you for a lot of years to come! We’ll definitely be waiting to see the end product soon.

Oh, and Diaspora guys, do you have a Facebook page? You definitely should!