engine - 6:35 pm on Nov 24, 2010 (gmt 0)

Diaspora Starts Inviting Testers [bbc.co.uk]

An open source alternative to Facebook - called Diaspora - has gone live. The "privacy-aware" social network was founded earlier this year during a period when Facebook came under fire for its privacy settings. The community-funded project is currently only open to a small number of invited people.

Diaspora says it hopes to begin adding more people in the coming weeks.

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Diaspora Raises $200,000 [webmasterworld.com]