gah. i see someone else on someone else's list who is on joindiaspora. but i tried searching for you at what i suspect would be your email address there and didn't see you. try adding me? betsyl @ diasp.org, or my last name at gmail?
Hmm. They seem to have gotten off their high horse about web browsers, which was my major objection to them when the site initially went live. I may have to ponder this, although I have no idea what I'd use it for.
When they first started, if you visited the site in Internet Explorer, you got a page that simply said something to the effect of, "Get a real browser." While that's obviously not a direct quote (I can't recall what it did say), I recall that the haughtiness of their wording was not any better than that. But of course, take that with a grain of salt, since I'm going by my perception and memory of it, and it was some time ago. I have a big pet peeve about that kind of attitude, but in addition, I really think that for a platform that's largely intended to supplant Facebook, not supporting Internet Explorer relegated it instantly to "This platform is never going to take off."
I'd guess that that's probably a combination of an overly flippant programmer and a tool that's in alpha. Which isn't intended as an excuse, mind you -- the alienation that stuff like that produces is quite real.
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regna
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Date: 2011-09-04 06:49 pm (UTC)Oh, well.
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Date: 2011-09-04 06:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-04 07:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-04 07:22 pm (UTC)I tried all kinds of variations on your name, including names that begin with 'k'. Maybe the universe doesn't want us to be diaspora-friends? (sad).
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Date: 2011-09-04 08:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-04 09:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-04 09:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-04 09:38 pm (UTC)I'd guess that that's probably a combination of an overly flippant programmer and a tool that's in alpha. Which isn't intended as an excuse, mind you -- the alienation that stuff like that produces is quite real.
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Date: 2011-09-04 10:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-04 11:28 pm (UTC)