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Stephen Downes

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I was one of those who received Diaspora's personal appeals for more money, having been one of the people to contribute to the first round. Will I send more? Probably. Yes, I gave them more money. Is it money wasted? Well, it could be, but I'm still hoping not. I know, I know, I'm not using Diaspora yet. Maybe I'll never use it. But you know, it might end up being like OLPC - the very existence of the possibility might force commercial providers to build us the alternatives we want. So here's the Diaspora Foundation site. "The initial reaction that many people will have is "what, they're looking for money again so soon?" But $200,000 is a drop in the bucket compared to what Google and Facebook put into development, and they've managed to come a long way in one year."

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