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I'm actually glad they are continuing on and fighting the stigma of the "best social network that never was". I have used Diaspora's site for a while and prefe

I'm actually glad they are continuing on and fighting the stigma of the "best social network that never was". I have used Diaspora's site for a while and prefer it to Facebook and Google+. The problem is trying to maintain three separate social networks. Since most of the people I like to keep up with are on FB and G+, my use of Diaspora has slowed down over the past year or so.

fromhet 14y ago
What kind of people use G+? Only times I visit is when linked, and it's often some OSS-guru who has written something there but I dont ever use it, nor does anyone I know, not even remotely.
- Roedou 14y ago
  We have 50 employees in 3 offices - and have found it to be a really useful internal communication tool. Each person has a 'private' G+ (apps) account; we share stuff, have threaded conversations, etc - it's WAY better than email for a variety of things, and all the conversations remain limited to people from our organization. It's totally not what G+ was intended for, but it works well.
  - tg3 14y ago
    would be interesting if G+ ended up being a Yammer competitor instead of a Facebook competitor.
  - shmerl 14y ago
    Do you trust G+ enough for that? It doesn't encrypt your data.
- OriginalSyn 14y ago
  I have a a couple huge circles of tech and science people that are quite active on G+. It allows for more intelligent posts and conversations than twitter and that's how I primarily use it.
- onedognight 14y ago
  > What kind of people use G+? Google Hangouts, while being buggy as hell and locking up constantly (at least on OS X), are still unrivaled in the video chat / desktop sharing space.
- junto 14y ago
  G+ is ideal for me. I live far away from my family and using Google Picasa I upload photos that I only share with my family. I don't trust Facebook with my photos. At any moment they could make a deliberate privacy change and expose private family photos to the Internet. I value that privacy, and although Google might one day make a mistake and accidentally open a security hole, they don't have a history of deliberately reducing users privacy without their express consent. All my family are signed up, so G+ is no longer an empty ghost town for me. My 'friends' on the other hand are still all on Facebook. I'm just a lurker now on FB.
- richardw 14y ago
  I visit most days. It's like long-form Twitter, so more depth to the discussions. I have some friends on there, but it's mostly to read and lightly interact with industry or interests.
- eavc 14y ago
  I have a group of 20 or so friends who all use it because we've got them using it. Every Friday we start a thread and it gets up to several dozen or even hundreds of comments. These are average, non-technical men and women in their 20s and early 30s mostly.
shmerl 14y ago
That depends on your contacts. I use just Diaspora, and not Facebook or Google+.

fromhet 14y ago

What kind of people use G+? Only times I visit is when linked, and it's often some OSS-guru who has written something there but I dont ever use it, nor does anyone I know, not even remotely.

Roedou 14y ago
We have 50 employees in 3 offices - and have found it to be a really useful internal communication tool. Each person has a 'private' G+ (apps) account; we share stuff, have threaded conversations, etc - it's WAY better than email for a variety of things, and all the conversations remain limited to people from our organization. It's totally not what G+ was intended for, but it works well.
- tg3 14y ago
  would be interesting if G+ ended up being a Yammer competitor instead of a Facebook competitor.
- shmerl 14y ago
  Do you trust G+ enough for that? It doesn't encrypt your data.
OriginalSyn 14y ago
I have a a couple huge circles of tech and science people that are quite active on G+. It allows for more intelligent posts and conversations than twitter and that's how I primarily use it.
onedognight 14y ago
> What kind of people use G+? Google Hangouts, while being buggy as hell and locking up constantly (at least on OS X), are still unrivaled in the video chat / desktop sharing space.
junto 14y ago
G+ is ideal for me. I live far away from my family and using Google Picasa I upload photos that I only share with my family. I don't trust Facebook with my photos. At any moment they could make a deliberate privacy change and expose private family photos to the Internet. I value that privacy, and although Google might one day make a mistake and accidentally open a security hole, they don't have a history of deliberately reducing users privacy without their express consent. All my family are signed up, so G+ is no longer an empty ghost town for me. My 'friends' on the other hand are still all on Facebook. I'm just a lurker now on FB.
richardw 14y ago
I visit most days. It's like long-form Twitter, so more depth to the discussions. I have some friends on there, but it's mostly to read and lightly interact with industry or interests.
eavc 14y ago
I have a group of 20 or so friends who all use it because we've got them using it. Every Friday we start a thread and it gets up to several dozen or even hundreds of comments. These are average, non-technical men and women in their 20s and early 30s mostly.

shmerl 14y ago

That depends on your contacts. I use just Diaspora, and not Facebook or Google+.