Decentralize the web with Diaspora

A project in New York, NY by Daniel G. Maxwell S. Raphael S. Ilya Z.
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Fully Funded! Diaspora will be an open source personal web server to protect and share all of your stuff online.
Backers: 6479
Average Pledge Per Backer: $31

Funded: $200,641 of $10,000
Dates: Apr 23rd -> Jun 1st (39 days)
Project By: Daniel G. Maxwell S. Raphael S. Ilya Z.
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Latest News

Crowdfunding 101 for Entrepreneurs

January 15th - via: huffingtonpost.com
This concept has made the traditional method of trying to raise financing -- from wealthy individuals or big corporations like Warner Bros. -- on its ear. And that is a godsend for entrepreneurs! (Read More)

The Best Reward of All.

August 27th - via: kickstarter.com
I’m pleased to announce today something never expected when Daniel, Ilya, Raphael and I started this Kickstarter Campaign in April 2010. Today, Diaspora is joining the Free Software Support Network. From their website: “The Free Software Support... (Read More)

Diaspora Co-Founder Helps Startups Keep Kickstarter Backers Happy

December 20th - via: mashable.com
Max Salzberg, co-founder of Diaspora, has launched a new tool that helps startups manage the process of sending out rewards to their Kickstarter backers. Few people know as much about the joys and stresses of a successful Kickstarter campaign as Max Salzberg. He was one of the four co-founders behind Diaspora, an open social network that raised $200,000 on Kickstarter in 2010 to take on Facebook, making it the biggest crowdfunding success at the time. (Read More)

Quick Note On Alpha Invites

December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, We wanted to let everyone know how the alpha invites are working. After some thinking before we started sending invites out, we decided that it would be more useful for everyone if we gave out invites at a slower rate, but gave more... (Read More)

Alpha Invites Coming

November 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello backers, Yesterday we started sending out invites for our Alpha server at https://joindiaspora.com. We are slowly inviting people, starting with the 6500ish of all of you. We are taking baby steps in this process, fixing problems as they crop... (Read More)

Backer Rewards

October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, Good news. Last week, we sent out all of the orders for the tee shirts, stickers and CDs to the fulfillment company to get shipped out. Hopefully they will get to you all soon. For those of you who submitted your backer survey* slightly... (Read More)

Diaspora Source Code Released!

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is our announcement on our blog: http://joindiaspora.com/2010/09/15/developer-release.html https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora Want to talk more about Diaspora with your fellow backers? Diaspora Discuss group:... (Read More)

Source Code Today + Tee Shirt Design!

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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Updates on backer rewards

September 9th - via: kickstarter.com
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working overtime.

August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
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Check out the first screenshots and video of Diaspora

July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, Just wanted to point you all to our blog, where we have the first screenshots and video of Diaspora! Progress is going nicely, and we are excited to share a first glimpse of Diaspora with all with you. http://bit.ly/clOFXx Also, concerning... (Read More)

Did you all get your surveys?

June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
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