Topic: Diaspora accepting Bitcoin donations! (Read 4046 times)
bitcoin donate fixed?
I did a little research and supposedly he committed suicide.. very sad I wonder why he would do such a thing he had so much promise..
It is not uncommon for young computer nerds to commit suicide.
Personally I think healthy food, regular exercise, socializing and perhaps having a boy/girlfriend, maybe a pet could be factors that could greatly help in having less suicides. Ah, and of course, getting out and getting some actual air and sunshine on their face.
And of course, I agree with everyone else - this is a tragedy.
For those interested, here's a list of MIT undergrad suicides, not an uncommon occurence:
http://web.mit.edu/~sdavies/www/mit-suicides/
I agree doing those things above definitly can prevent suicide. I think being in the same environment can make you feel hopeless and depressed.
I did a little research and supposedly he committed suicide.. very sad I wonder why he would do such a thing he had so much promise..
It is not uncommon for young computer nerds to commit suicide.
Personally I think healthy food, regular exercise, socializing and perhaps having a boy/girlfriend, maybe a pet could be factors that could greatly help in having less suicides. Ah, and of course, getting out and getting some actual air and sunshine on their face.
And of course, I agree with everyone else - this is a tragedy.
For those interested, here's a list of MIT undergrad suicides, not an uncommon occurence:
http://web.mit.edu/~sdavies/www/mit-suicides/
I did a little research and supposedly he committed suicide.. very sad I wonder why he would do such a thing he had so much promise..
there are tools (which tools?) that allow to post to them all with one action
ah yeah, there's also Friendica which can integrate some of the major networks reasonably well.
I've been on it for a while ( https://joindiaspora.com/people/4d1d1d9b2c17437fc00001ef ) but its pretty dead.
just make some contacts, and it's reasonably alive as an online community (your real friends are probably not there of course, so it's a different thing still to facebook). Or just follow some hashtags like #bitcoin
Also Adam Kokesh and lots of libertarians recently joined.
Problem is that checking once in a month is the same that I do but I post to facebook more than to g+ and almost did not post a thing to diaspora. Network effect.
Sure there are things that make no sense on the one or the other social network but for those things that should go to all, you should post them to all. To not have more work, there are tools (which tools?) that allow to post to them all with one action. If you want to support diaspora, use it to post, too. Hen and eggs you know.
I've been on it for a while ( https://joindiaspora.com/people/4d1d1d9b2c17437fc00001ef ) but its pretty dead.
just make some contacts, and it's reasonably alive as an online community (your real friends are probably not there of course, so it's a different thing still to facebook). Or just follow some hashtags like #bitcoin
Also Adam Kokesh and lots of libertarians recently joined.
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Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy has passed away at the age of 22.
RIP Ilya
RIP Ilya
Tragic, sorry to hear about that.
Anyway, anybody using Diaspora, is it worth looking into. I am not a facebook or google+ user.
I've been on it for a while ( https://joindiaspora.com/people/4d1d1d9b2c17437fc00001ef ) but its pretty dead. There would need to be a lot of people going to it to make it worthwhile. I seem to check it about once a month when I get a notification that somebody did something.
I do not think Diaspora is a wise use of cash.
There are far better free software projects to donate to. Diaspora raised more than 200k last year to write a simple web application, it's still not finished... and they need more?
Both http://opensource.appleseedproject.org/ and https://n-1.cc/ (elgg) are projects made on much small budgets and teams (appleseed is one guy AFAIK), and they're far better. Your money won't be efficiently used if donated to Diaspora.
I would pick some piece of free software you use often or you think Linux needs, and donate to that
TBH the diaspora guys come off clueless when you watch their initial fund-raising video. The software itself is pretty bad and requires all these esoteric dependencies rather than using tried and tested libraries.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqxQgfQD24M
There are far better free software projects to donate to. Diaspora raised more than 200k last year to write a simple web application, it's still not finished... and they need more?
Both http://opensource.appleseedproject.org/ and https://n-1.cc/ (elgg) are projects made on much small budgets and teams (appleseed is one guy AFAIK), and they're far better. Your money won't be efficiently used if donated to Diaspora.
I would pick some piece of free software you use often or you think Linux needs, and donate to that
TBH the diaspora guys come off clueless when you watch their initial fund-raising video. The software itself is pretty bad and requires all these esoteric dependencies rather than using tried and tested libraries.Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqxQgfQD24M
Don't throw a stone when sitting in a glass house..
Anyway, anybody using Diaspora, is it worth looking into. I am not a facebook or google+ user.
That is sad 
I created a account there today anyway
I created a account there today anyway
and their bitcoin donate option is broken
Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy has passed away at the age of 22.
RIP Ilya
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/13/diaspora-co-founder-ilya-zhitomirskiy-passes-away-at-21/
RIP Ilya
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/13/diaspora-co-founder-ilya-zhitomirskiy-passes-away-at-21/
I do not think Diaspora is a wise use of cash.
There are far better free software projects to donate to. Diaspora raised more than 200k last year to write a simple web application, it's still not finished... and they need more?
There are far better free software projects to donate to. Diaspora raised more than 200k last year to write a simple web application, it's still not finished... and they need more?
This is an embarrassingly correct statement. How much bitcoin have we returned to Genjix, Gavin, Stefan, or any other bitcoin project we use most or foresee future value? I'm making a list of the software I use most and the charities to which I already donate euros. Maybe we can start a general donation campaign thread.
I wrote to Amnesty International this summer and received no response and again just now. An organization such as AI would have far more impact, for world good as well as for bitcoin acceptance, than Diaspora.
These videos make the point, vote with signatures, letters, and money/bitcoin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwl2aFNsW30
There are resistance movements who REALLY NEED bitcoin!?!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEwkrnw9g84
I do not think Diaspora is a wise use of cash.
Following up from I. Goldstein's response in newbies:I investigated diaspora when people were slamming it the other day on HN. Installing it took some unix experience and reference to bug reports, but that is not too surprising for alpha software. I got it running in developer mode pretty painlessly, seemed to work pretty well. There are people actually using it for its intended purpose out there, and a large group of volunteers contributing to it (my wife has a friend who contributes about half a day a week to QA and tech support of the diaspora software. At the time I investigated, I knew of his interest in diaspora, but did not know about his volunteering for it. I installed it without his help, using only documentation available on the web.)
There is an account of how they used their earlier funding and a summary of their expenditures and progress linked from their donate page. They have been drawing a salary of $28k each plus a housing allowance, which seems very modest and worthwhile, considering the progress they have made. It seems like a vibrant project with a good chance of meeting its intended goals, goals which I fully support.
Is bit-pay involved or are the coins manually withdrawn by diaspora?
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Nice job! If they need a more automated solution for tracking and reporting, Bit-Pay can handle that and we will auto-forward the Bitcoins to their CampBX Wallet.
Thank you Tony!
Agreed: A simple wallet works well in the near term but as Diaspora's Bitcoin revenue stream grows, we can set them up with a more feature-rich solution.
- Keyur
One question for the community: some people who see the mysterious looking string on the website are asking the right question: "What is Bitcoin?" Diaspora team wants to include a link to explain what Bitcoin is.
What ONE link would you recommend be put up there? Is http://www.weusecoins.com/ still the best way to go?
What ONE link would you recommend be put up there? Is http://www.weusecoins.com/ still the best way to go?
I have mixed feelings regarding weusecoins' video. I think that common people should learn about bitcoin without the crypto/mining/P2P stuff. For example, I like bit-pay's presentation, but a link there may not be appropriate for this situation. So yes, weusecoins is the best we have I think...
Anyway, congratulations on this
Is bit-pay involved or are the coins manually withdrawn by diaspora? Thanks to Bit-pay and some of the guys on this thread (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/article-on-why-bitcoins-need-to-succeed-49048) for making it happen.
Curious about bit-pay's role, since the diaspora donation site seems to contain a fairly typical bitcoin address. Does bit-pay automatically pay out USD when bitcoin arrives at that address? 
When we have an organization like diaspora adopting BTC, can we make a point of encouraging them to spend their bitcoins instead of cashing them out? It is better for the bitcoin economy and easier for them to use.
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