Media coverage

Press review and media coverage of the Diaspora Project: press, blogs, media organized by language and time (alphabetically by source if multiple/date).

2014

September

• ath0.com, 25.09.2014, No, I am not interested in joining your proprietary social network

August

• BBC, 21.08.2014, Diaspora social network cannot stop IS posts
• The Guardian, 21.08.2014, Islamic State moves to other social networks after Twitter clampdown
• Gawker, 21.08.2014, ISIS Finally Finds a Social Network That Can't Suspend Their Accounts
• BuzzFeed, 20.08.2014, Where Is ISIS Moving To Online As Twitter Clamps Down?
• BBC, 19.08.2014, Islamic State shifts to new platform after Twitter block
• NaturalNews, 18.08.2014, Truth seekers rushing to Diaspora and Unseen.is to escape censorship of corporate-run social media

July

• RadioLIVE, 14.07.2014, Alternative Social Media with Sean Tilley
• fool.com, 01.07.2014, Facebook Inc's Experiment Shows How the Sausage is Made
• netguru, 29.07.2014, Most Loved Ruby on Rails Open Source Projects

June

• GreenQloud, 03.06.2014, How-To: Truly Green™ peas in a (Diaspora*) Pod

March

• Foss Force, 10.03.2014, Why Not Diaspora?

2013

November

• Bitnami, 11.27.2013, Diaspora*, the Online Social World Where You are in Control

August

• globalnet21.org, 08.28.2013, It’s MY data (so go cry if you want to), Interview with Sean Tilley

July

• Geexxx, 23.07.2013, How does federation work in diaspora*?

2012

February

• Modern Luxury, 02.17.2012, Dark side of the boom - (Don't forget to read Sarah Mei's answer.)
• The Village Voice, 02.15.2012, Rise of the Facebook-Killers

2011

December

• Helping Hands, 12.23.2011, Diaspora Alpha : Another Social Network to explore
• MadWonderland, 12.19.2011, Cloak n Dagger via Diaspora
• HypeBot.com, 12.13.2011, Diaspora's Early Adopters Launch The Diaspora Noise Project
• WebProNews, 12.07.2011, Diaspora: First Impressions
• Flitter, 12.05.2011, A new social network: Diaspora launches in Alpha
• SocialMediaToday, 12.01.2011, Welcome to the Party Diaspora, I Hope You Brought The Beer

November

• Business Insider, 11.29.2011, These 20-Somethings Are Trying To Kill Facebook With A Google+ Clone
• CreateDigitalMusic, 11.29.2011, Diaspora: On a Fledgling, Open Social Network, Users Gather to Make Noise
• Daily Anarchist, 11.28.2011, Social Networking Beyond Surveillance
• Gizmag, 11.28.2011, Spot the difference: Diaspora vs. Google+
• Launch, 11.28.2011, Diaspora* Finally Unveiled, Feels Like Google+
• Skyfire, 11.22.2011, Diaspora Social Network - Privacy and Freedom
• Bitcetera, 11.20.2011, Diaspora*
• Grabi, 11.19.2011, Facebook’s Best Alternative is Diaspora Social Network?
• ITBusinessEdge, 11.18.2011, Diaspora Founders Continue Quest for Free and Private Internet
• SMH, 11.18.2011, Creator of the anti-Facebook, a social network with privacy
• Breaking News World, 11.17.2011, Diaspora’s 21 Year Old Co-Founder Passes Away
• ComputerWorldUK, 11.16.2011, Diaspora open source social network founder dies
• GEV, 11.16.2011, Co-Founder of Diaspora Social Network Commits Suicide
• MacWorld, 11.16.2011, Diaspora social network co-founder dies at age 22
• MashaCrunch, 11.16.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22; Co-Founded Social Network
• TechWorld, 11.16.2011, Diaspora social network founder dies aged 22
• TheJournal.ie, 11.16.2011, 22-year-old founder of social networking site found dead
• BBC, 11.15.2011, Diaspora social network’s 22-year-old founder has died
• New York Times, 11.15.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22; Co-Founded Social Network
• The Consumerist, 11.15.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Dead In Apparent Suicide
• The Inquisitr, 11.15.2011, Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy dies at 22
• ABC News, 11.14.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Die
• All Things D, 11.15.2011, Public Memorials for Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy to Be Held This Weekend
• Associated Press, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of social network Diaspora dies
• CNN Money, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of social network Diaspora dies at 22
• Chicago Tribune, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of Diaspora social network dead at 22
• College News, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder dead at 22
• Daily Caller, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder died over weekend
• Daily Mail Online, 11.14.2011, Social networking pioneer found dead at age of 22
• Detroit Free Press, 11.14.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, cofounder of social-networking site Diaspora, dies
• Digital Journal, 11.14.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, co-founder of Diaspora, passes away at 22
• Digital Trends, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy dies at 22
• EFF, 11.14.2011, EFF Mourns the Passing of Ilya Zhitomirskiy
• eWeek Europe UK, 11.14.2011, Diaspora Co-founder Found Dead
• Financial Times Tech Hub, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder dies
• Fox News, 11.14.2011, Founder of Open-Source Facebook Foe Dies at 22
• Gadgetell, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of Diaspora passes away at 22
• Gawker, 11.14.2011, Why Did This 22-Year-Old Entrepreneur Commit Suicide?
• Hollywood Reporter, 11.14.2011, Co-Founder of Social Networking Site Diaspora Dies at 22
• International Business Times, 11.14.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Diaspora Co-Founder, Dies at 22
• Memeburn, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder dies at 22
• MNN, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of Facebook competitor Diaspora dies at 22, hours after site redesign
• NBC Bay Area, 11.14.2011, Facebook Rival Diaspora Co-Founder Dies
• News Tribune, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of social network Diaspora dies
• NPR, 11.14.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Co-Founder Of Facebook Rival, Dies At 22
• NYU Local, 11.14.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder And Former NYU Student Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dead at 22
• NZ Herald News, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder dies at 22
• PCMag, 11.14.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22
• Register, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder dies as site unveils new-look alpha
• SiliconRepublic, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder Zhitomirskiy dies at 22
• Social Barrel, 11.14.2011, Young Diaspora Co-Founder Passes Away – Report
• Social Beat, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of “open-source Facebook” Diaspora dies at 22
• Sydney Morning Herald, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of social network Diaspora dies
• Tech Observer, 11.14.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Dies at 22
• TMCnet, 11.14.2011, Diaspora’s Co-founder Dead at 22
• Washington Post, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy dead at 22
• WCYB, 11.14.2011, Co-Founder Of Social Network Diaspora Dies At 22
• 100gf, 11.14.2011, Did Diaspora’s Ilya Zhitomirskiy commit suicide?
• ATD, 11.13.2011, 22-Year-Old Founder of Open Social Network Diaspora Ilya Zhitomirskiy Has Died
• CNET, 11.13.2011, Diaspora co-founder dies at 22, report says
• Examiner, 11.13.2011, Co-founder of Diaspora dead at 21
• GigaOM, 11.13.2011, R.I.P. Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy
• Huffington Post, 11.13.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies At 22
• Mashable, 11.13.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22 [REPORT]
• Muktware, 11.13.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dead
• TechCrunch, 11.13.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Passes Away At 22
• TechCrunch, 11.13.2011, Following Founder’s Passing, Diaspora Opens Redesigned Alpha To Invitees
• TechDay, 11.13.2011, 22-year-old social network whiz passes away
• The Conversation, 11.13.2011, Diaspora founder reported dead at 22
• The Conversation, 11.13.2011, Diaspora co-founder dead at 22
• The Tartan, 11.13.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Diaspora co-founder, dead at 22
• WebProNews, 11.13.2011, Co-Founder of Diaspora, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, has passed away
• ZDNet, 11.13.2011, Diaspora co-founder dead at 22: report
• Edudemic, 11.09.2011, Diaspora: The Highly Anticipated Social Network Has Launched
• UnlikeUs, 11.09.2011, Activistic Salon in Amsterdam: Goodbye Facebook, hello Diaspora*
• ReadWriteWeb, 11.08.2011, Are Open Standards the Future of the Social Web?
• The Wall Street Journal, 11.07.2011, Whatever Happened to Diaspora the ‘Facebook Killer’?
• The Register, 11.05.2011, Open ‘Facebook killer’ survives on cash donations
• LJWorld, 11.04.2011, Remember Diaspora*?
• SEO Best Tips, 11.03.2011, What is Diaspora?
• GreatPlainsBuddha, 11.01.2011, Diaspora: the other “other social network”

October

• The Daily, 10.31.2011, Emerging from the shadows - New network site Diaspora: We’re more than ‘the anti-Facebook’
• AllThingsD, 10.13.2011, Diaspora Prepares to Launch Open Source Social Network
• Edudemic, 10.12.2011, Still In Development, Social Network Diaspora Pleads For Additional Funding
• FleshEatingZipper, 10.12.2011, Facebook-Killer Diaspora Is Asking For More Cash, Do We Even Care Anymore?
• ReadWriteCloud, 10.12.2011, The State of Diaspora and Fundraising Round Two
• SEO Best Tips, 10.12.2011, Diaspora, A Better Social Network.
• TECH.BLORGE, 10.12.2011, ‘Free’ Diaspora begs for (more) cash
• The Next Web, 10.12.2011, Diaspora asks users via email for donations to keep it alive. Will you donate?

September

• Digital Journal, 09.30.2011, Op-Ed: Diaspora* moves forward in building ‘a new and better social web’
• The Myndset, 09.30.2011, Diaspora* Social Network Alpha Version is going mainstream… slowly. A first review.
• TheOnlyCog, 09.30.2011, Diaspora - more social networking, coming soon
• SocialTech, 09.27.2011, First thoughts on Diaspora – the distributed social network
• Technorati, 09.22.2011, Diaspora*: Not Just Another Social Network
• The Inquirer, 09.22.2011, Open Diaspora lets you post to the social web
• BeatBeat, 09.22.2011, On Diaspora, You’re Free to Be Your True Pseudonymous Self
• FSM, 09.14.2011, Why You Should Join Diaspora Now, Like Your Freedom Depends On It
• ReadWriteWeb, 09.12.2011, How Can Diaspora Help Us in a Facebook and Google Plus World?
• TheDailyBeast, 09.02.2011, Diaspora Social Network: Little Hope for Facebook Rival

August

• Hayes and Grey, 08.29.2011, Diaspora: Social networking that could warm the heart of any nerd.

July

• The Chronicle, 07.11.2011, Remembering Diaspora*: The Open Source Social Network

June

• IEEE Spectrum, 06.2011, The Making of Diaspora

March

• NYConvergence, 03.14.2011, Taking a Look at Social Network Diaspora
• PCWorld, 03.29.2011, Diaspora: An Antidote For Your Facebook Privacy Problems

February

• EditorsWeblog, 02.22.2011, Diaspora and future social networks: decentralized, open-sourced?

January

• New York Times, 01.19.2011, For New Social Networks, Sharing Can Be More Focused
• MakeTechEasier, 01.13.2011, A First Look At Diaspora – The Open Social Network

2010

December

• Technology Review, 12.14.2010, Leaving Facebook. Will Diaspora provide a social-networking haven for those fed up with Facebook?
• Lifehacker, 12.06.2010, Screenshot Tour of Diaspora, the Open-Source Social Network

November

• Ars Technica, 11.28.2010, Hands-on: a first look at Diaspora's private alpha test
• Thinq, 11.24.2010, Diaspora social network goes alpha
• Mashable, 11.23.2010, Facebook Alternative Diaspora Releasing Private Alpha Invites
• TechCrunch, 11.23.2010, Facebook Alternative Diaspora Launches Their Private Alpha With Some Bet Hedging
• ComputerWorld, 11.23.2010, Open-source social network Diaspora goes live

October

• TFTS, 10.30.2010, Diaspora Public Alpha Coming Out by Thanksgiving; Facebook, You’ve Been Warned (Diaspora Team Announces Alpha Version of Its Social Network Coming by the End of November)
• SNBZ, 10.29.2010, Diaspora Pushes Public Alpha To Thanksgiving
• TechCrunch, 10.29.2010, With Two Days Left In October, Diaspora Pushes Public Alpha To Thanksgiving
• SMSEO, 10.19.2010, Diaspora, The “Privacy Aware”, Open Source Social Network
• Techie Buzz, 10.06.2010, Diaspora – Facebook Replacement or Wannabe Fail?
• WIRED, 10.05.2010, Diaspora: A First Step Toward Safer Social Networking

September

• Blogoscoped, 09.27.2010, Beyond Diaspora: Another Facebook alternative has a head start
• MakeUseOf, 09.27.2010, Diaspora Preview – All You Need to Know About The New Open Source Facebook
• NYMag, 09.26.2010, Defacebook
• The Faster Times, 09.26.2010, Will You Join the Facebook Diaspora?
• MedIndia, 09.20.2010, Facebook’s Rival: Pro-Privacy Social Network “Diaspora”
• TechnologyReview, 09.20.2010, A Privacy-Focused Alternative to Facebook Is Revealed
• WorstTech!, 09.20.2010, Facebook Competitor Diaspora Having Some Security Concerns
• ComputerWorld, 09.17.2010, Diaspora: A first peek at Facebook’s challenger
• Lubbock Online, 09.17.2010, Diaspora - Social Networking startup learns security no easy task
• Slashdot, 09.17.2010, Security Concerns Paramount After Early Reviews of Diaspora Code
• TG Daily, 09.17.2010, ‘Secure’ social network Diaspora releases source code
• Vedetta, 09.17.2010, A few notes on Diaspora
• Webmonkey, 09.17.2010, Diaspora Unveils its Open Social Code
• Aol News, 09.16.2010, The ‘Non-Evil Facebook’? Diaspora Social Network Publishes Code
• BBC News, 09.16.2010, Facebook alternative Diaspora rolls out first code
• Bits, 09.16.2010, Diaspora, the Open Facebook Alternative, Releases Its Code
• ComputerWorld, 09.16.2010, Diaspora: It’s no Facebook … yet
• Geek-O-System, 09.16.2010, Open-Source Facebook Alternative Diaspora* Releases Its Source Code
• Jarinheit, 09.16.2010, Diaspora, or: How to Kill Your “Facebook Killer” Open Source Project Before It Even Launches
• Mashable, 09.16.2010, Facebook Alternative Diaspora Releases Initial Source Code
• New York Times, 09.16.2010, Diaspora, the Open Facebook Alternative, Releases Its Code
• OSM, 09.16.2010, Diaspora social network source code and screenshots released
• Ostatic, 09.16.2010, Upon Diaspora’s Debut, Let’s Keep An Open Mind
• PCMag, 09.16.2010, Facebook Competitor Diaspora Launches Developer Release
• PCWorld, 09.16.2010, Diaspora Could Open New Social Scene for Business
• TechNewsWorld, 09.16.2010, Facebook Foe Diaspora Releases Source Code … Now What?
• The Guardian, 09.16.2010, Facebook rival Diaspora gears up for launch
• TheNextWeb, 09.16.2010, Facebook Alternative Project Diaspora Releases Source Code
• TIME, 09.16.2010, Can ‘Diaspora’ Kill Facebook? It Doesn’t Really Matter Either Way
• ZDNet, 09.16.2010, Can Diaspora win anything but publicity?
• Gizmag, 09.15.2010, Disapora social network source code released
• 404 Tech Support, 09.15.2010, Diaspora, the Privacy-Aware Social Network, Developer Release Hits The Web
• TechCrunch, 09.15.2010, Facebook Competitor Diaspora Revealed: Sparse, But Clean; Source Code Released

August

• Internet Evolution, 08.31.2010, Startup to Offer Angry FB Users an Alternative
• News.com.au, 08.31.2010, Diaspora team sets October launch date as interest grows in ‘anti-Facebook’
• The Telegraph, 08.31.2010, Diaspora, the ‘anti-Facebook’, is doomed
• Backupify, 08.30.2010, Diaspora doesn’t have what it takes to topple Facebook
• ReadWriteWeb, 08.30.2010, The Rise of the Anti-Facebooks
• Product Reviews, 08.29.2010, Anti-Facebook: Can Diaspora Social Network Challenge?
• BBC News, 08.27.2010, Facebook alternative Diaspora eyes launch date
• BuzzStudy, 08.27.2010, Is Diaspora a worthy Facebook competitor?
• Digitizor, 08.27.2010, The Social Web Goes Open Source On Sept. 15! (Diaspora)
• DownloadSquad, 08.27.2010, Diaspora, the open Facebook competitor, will launch on 9/15
• Forbes, 08.27.2010, Diaspora, the Open Source Facebook, and Contextual Sharing
• Mashable, 08.27.2010, Facebook Alternative Diaspora Launches September 15
• PCMag, 08.27.2010, Open-Source Facebook Competitor Diaspora to Launch Sept. 15
• PCWorld, 08.27.2010, The Anti-Facebook Arrives September 15: Will You Switch?
• Tech.Blorge, 08.27.2010, Diaspora launching to fight Facebook
• Wirefresh, 08.27.2010, Open source Diaspora site aims to right Facebook’s social networking wrongs
• TechCrunch, 08.26.2010, Diaspora Three Weeks Away From Unveiling Open-Source Facebook Alternative
• DigitalAnalog, 08.06.2010, Diaspora – A Solution to Facebook’s Sharing and Privacy Problems
• SeederBlog, 08.06.2010, Exploring the Diaspora User Experience
• BestTechie, 08.04.2010, Why Facebook Will Not Acquire Diaspora

July

• TechnoBuffalo, 07.03.2010, Diaspora Social Network Project On Schedule Thus Far
• jonchu’s posterous, 07.02.2010, Analyzing Diaspora
• Tech.Blorge, 07.02.2010, Diaspora social network shaping up
• TechCrunch, 07.02.2010, Diaspora Reports Progress In Its Quest To Build An Open Facebook Alternative
• ThinkDigit, 07.02.2010, Diaspora developers give a sneak peak at what’s to come

June

• YES!, 06.30.2010, Better Than Facebook? Fed up with Facebook’s commercialism, four NYU students have created an open source, peer-to-peer alternative: Diaspora.
• Smedio, 06.07.2010, Will Diaspora Change the Face of Social Media?
• The Guardian, 06.07.2010, Social networking project Diaspora captures the public mood
• Daily Maverick, 06.06.2010, What chances for Diaspora, the anti-Facebook social network?
• GigaOM, 06.05.2010, Should Facebook Be Worried About Diaspora?
• Intelius, 06.03.2010, What’s the future of social networking privacy, could it be Diaspora*?
• TechCrunch, 06.02.2010, Diaspora’s Final Tally: $200,000 From Nearly 6,500 Backers
• TheWavingCat, 06.02.2010, Diaspora, an open Facebook?

May

• Computer Genius Zone, 05.27.2010, Diaspora: Facebook alternative and Privacy-based Social Network (coming soon)
• PCWorld, 05.27.2010, Quit Facebook, Join Diaspora?
• Srcnix, 05.27.2010, Is Diaspora the future of social networking?
• LWN, 05.26.2010, Diaspora: toward free social networking
• BBC News, 05.26.2010, Facebook challenged by ambitious upstarts
• RazorCoast, 05.21.2010, Could Diaspora social network threaten Facebook?
• GadgetGybe, 05.19.2010, Diaspora – anti-facebook p2p social network
• Metro, 05.19.2010, Diaspora: Anti-Facebook social network site coming soon
• Helium, 05.17.2010, What is the Diaspora* social network?
• Laughing Squid, 05.14.2010, Diaspora, A Personally Controlled, Privacy Aware, Distributed Open Source Social Network
• TechLayers, 05.14.2010, Diaspora: Kill the Suspense!
• CNET News, 05.13.2010, Diaspora about to hit $100,000 in donations
• Gizmag, 05.13.2010, Diaspora – a distributed, open source, secure social network with Facebook in its sights
• IdealWare, 05.13.2010, Pining for an alternative to Facebook. Will it be Diaspora?
• Mashable, 05.13.2010, NYU Students Raise More than $100,000 to Build Facebook Alternative
• Matador, 05.13.2010, Will the fledgling Diaspora teach Facebook a lesson?
• MNN, 05.13.2010, Facebook be forewarned … the Diaspora is coming
• PSFK, 05.13.2010, Diaspora*: A User-Controlled Social Network
• Shareable, 05.13.2010, Can Diaspora* Take Down Facebook?
• Tech.Blorge, 05.13.2010, Social network Diaspora on a micro-funding rampage
• The Next Web, 05.13.2010, New Social Networking Darling Diaspora* Has An Idea Problem
• USNews, 05.13.2010, NYU Students Start Privacy-Minded Social Media Site
• VentureBeat, 05.13.2010, Anti-Facebook project rockets to $120,000 in online donations
• WIRED, 05.13.2010, Open Facebook Alternatives Gain Momentum, $115K
• CNET, 05.12.2010, Facebook has problems, Diaspora isn’t one of them
• Gizmodo, 05.12.2010, Diaspora: The Student-Made, Privacy-Respecting Facebook Alternative
• New York Times, 05.12.2010, Is There Life After Facebook?
• SciTechBlog, 05.12.2010, Meet Diaspora, the ‘anti-Facebook’
• TechCrunch, 05.12.2010, Diaspora, The Open Facebook Alternative, Soars Past $50,000 In Micro-Funding (Update: Now Past $100,000)
• The Inquisitr, 05.12.2010, Diaspora is a great idea, deserves all its miracle funding, but will it work?
• New York Times, 05.11.2010, Four Nerds and a Cry to Arms Against Facebook
• Stuff, 05.11.2010, Diaspora to shake up social media
• 404 Tech Support, 05.05.2010, Diaspora – Your Digital Identity Under Your Control, The End of Facebook?