The Facebook Privacy Thread

[Moonliner]

That's what's cool about the Internet.

5 College punks can take on a multibillion dollar corporation and make them nervous.

[Betty]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

That's what's cool about the Internet.

5 College punks can take on a multibillion dollar corporation and make them nervous.

Now they just need to come up with a better name.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Betty

Now they just need to come up with a better name.

Diaspora is a perfect name for a social networking platform. Maybe I just like it because I'm Jewish...

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Betty

Now they just need to come up with a better name.

In looking up the meaning of Diaspora on Wikipedia (yeah; I know), I like the name they used:

A diaspora (in Greek, διασπορά – "a scattering [of seeds]") is any movement of a population sharing common national and/or ethnic identity. While refugees may or may not ultimately settle in a new geographic location, the term diaspora refers to a permanently displaced and relocated collective.

[Kevy Baby]

You know what else is cool about the internet? How easy it is to spread misinformation

Originally Posted by Moonliner

5 College punks

Originally Posted by the linked article

As Facebook completes its Galactic Senate-to-Imperial Empire transformation, four enterprising NYU students thought the world could do with a social networking service that wouldn't treat your personal information like advertiser catnip. So they started building Diaspora.

(Emphasis mine)