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suck on this, google+
Sep. 1st, 2011 08:17i just wrangled an invite to diaspora -- anyone else here on it yet? they're still in alpha; when they go into beta there will be lots of invites as i understand it.
just in comparison with facebook and google+, i liked it as soon as i signed up: no gender boxes to tick that give you 2 or at most 3 options! you get an input field and can write what you want for your gender. and you can pick as your identity whatever the hell you please; two things that make me very, very happy. it has "aspects" instead of circles; they seem to work the same way. you can connect to twitter, tumblr, and facebook as of now.
furthermore, i can export my contributions in xml. there's a photo service app, cubbi.es, attached that i haven't tried yet, and i can also download all my photos -- thanks for making it easy to go cross-platform with my stuff.
in the long run what i really want is one place where i can connect all those services. i am disinclined to check N social networks every day, and some i don't want to check at all (facebook, and now google+), but i want to maintain a presence there so i can connect with the people who primarily use other sites. ideally this would be dreamwidth because i know the peeps who run it, like them, and want to support them. but i am not sure how that fits with the plans here; i'm out of the loop and need to try catching up.
just in comparison with facebook and google+, i liked it as soon as i signed up: no gender boxes to tick that give you 2 or at most 3 options! you get an input field and can write what you want for your gender. and you can pick as your identity whatever the hell you please; two things that make me very, very happy. it has "aspects" instead of circles; they seem to work the same way. you can connect to twitter, tumblr, and facebook as of now.
furthermore, i can export my contributions in xml. there's a photo service app, cubbi.es, attached that i haven't tried yet, and i can also download all my photos -- thanks for making it easy to go cross-platform with my stuff.
in the long run what i really want is one place where i can connect all those services. i am disinclined to check N social networks every day, and some i don't want to check at all (facebook, and now google+), but i want to maintain a presence there so i can connect with the people who primarily use other sites. ideally this would be dreamwidth because i know the peeps who run it, like them, and want to support them. but i am not sure how that fits with the plans here; i'm out of the loop and need to try catching up.
