Yesterday I posted that I am done with Facebook. Today, Facebook’s entire company (according to them) had a sit-down regarding privacy. Another thing that happened today. I received a Welcome Back email from Facebook, even though this was the second time I’d told them I wanted my account deleted. As a result, I spent half an hour in the privacy settings turning off every option, making it so that I would be the only person to see anything, and canceling all 3rd party tool access and canceled yet again.

Last night I found out about Diaspora. Dan, Max, Elliot, and Rafi decided that they, too, had their fill of crap from the likes of Facebook and are now building an open source alternative. They made a video and stuck it up on KickStarter and passed around the news to various sites like Engadget. The idea has very quickly caught on, and their $10,000 goal has been well surpassed. As of 9:30PM in SoCal, they have raised $123,958.00 and they still have 18 days to go.

I very strongly suggest that you go check it out and make a pledge. Support this project and these guys will make it happen. We need something like this. The social power of the internet is a critical tool in the development and growth of the world. It brings people from every walk of life and social background closer together, while services like Facebook only serve their investors and advertisers. Get to it and pass it along!

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