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).
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?