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On 27/08/14 20:17, Roland Tarver wrote: > On 27/08/14 19:55, Richard Brown wrote: >> Hi All >> >> On 27 Aug 2014, at 14:00, Tom<madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> I notice diaspora is getting some bad press for being used by certain >>> organisations. >>> Beginning to think its time I got one working properly - any usesrs >>> out ther? >>> Tom te tom te tom >> >> I am a bit frustrated by Diaspora and the lack of a data centre in >> Cornwall. I would love to set up and run my own Diaspora network. I >> have a whole load of family members who would not use Facebook if I >> had a Diaspora network set up. I have a Diaspora account but am unable >> to use it because no one else uses Diaspora. When I suggest using >> Diaspora on a different server most family members ask why is that >> different to Facebook. I explain about data ownership etc but they >> point out that there data is now on someone else's server and the >> problem could persist. > > Agreed. Phil Hudson posts on there quite a bit, but he was my only > friend.... Bring out the violins! haha! No one else I know and certainly > none of the family have an account. Perhaps that's a failing on my > part.. lol > > Apparently you can make Diaspora posts which automagically get posted to > your other social media things (FB, G+ etc) > > To be honest, I'm getting a bit cheesed off with facebook et al. I don't > really need to know that you had "skimmed milk with your corn flakes > this morning"! lol > > Cheers roly :-) > Well I am sure between the Lug which is what over 200 people we can between us come up with something on this. Can people not install a webserver (even on a pi) and connect it to their home router and port forward port 80, or use the dyndns service (or similar) to glue the right bits together. Paul -- http://www.zleap.net @zleap14 Torbay Raspberry Pi jam info - http://www.dcglug.org.uk/ I am committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and expect any school, establishment or organsation that I am involved with to share this commitment. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq