Diaspora/Website

%{site_link} is licensed under a %{license_link}

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License

Instead of everyone’s data being held on huge central servers owned by a large organization, diaspora* exists on independently run servers (“pods”) all over the world. You choose which pod to register with, and you can then connect seamlessly with the diaspora* community worldwide.

You can be whoever you want to be in diaspora*. Unlike some networks, you don’t have to use your real identity. You can interact with people in whatever way you choose. The only limit is your imagination. diaspora* is also Free Software, giving you liberty over how you use it.

In diaspora* you own your data. You don’t sign over rights to a corporation or other interest who could use it. In addition, you choose who sees what you share, using Aspects. With diaspora*, your friends, your habits, and your content is your business ... not ours!

Once you’ve decided which pod is right for you, based on the ratings and information at %{poduptime} and maybe recommendations from people you trust, sign up there and create a profile with as much or as little personal information as you like. You are in control about how much you share.

Start following some #tags related to your interests: it could be <span class="click">#music</span>, <span class="click">#photography</span>, <span class="click">#privacy</span> or <span class="click">#linux</span> - whatever you’re into. Share a public message with the <span class="click">#newhere</span> tag to introduce yourself, and away you go. You’re now part of the vibrant diaspora* community.

diaspora* pioneered the concept of aspects, which means you can organise your contacts according to their role in your life. This means you can share something just with family members or work colleagues, knowing that no one you don’t want to will be able to see what you post.

Hashtags give you the freedom to label and follow your interests with ease. You can catch people’s attention by @mentioning them. Reshare posts you love so others can enjoy and comment on them too. And show your love for other people’s work by ♥ing it.

diaspora* needs people to write and test code, welcome and help new members, set up and maintain community pods, and spread the word about the benefits of diaspora* to others who might want to take part. Think you’d like to contribute to the project?

Use diaspora* as your home base to post to your profiles on other major social services. This way your friends will still be able to keep in touch with what you’re up to, even if they’re not yet on diaspora*. diaspora* currently supports cross-posting to your Twitter, Tumblr, and WordPress accounts, with more to come.

Earthd*

Decentralized

(diaspora* uses open web standards such as %{pubsubhubbub} and %{webfinger} to make this kind of connection possible.)

Translations Group

translation instructions 

meetup

Welcome to the diaspora* tutorial section. On this page you will find an overview of all our diaspora* tutorials, divided into a “Getting started” series and stand-alone tutorials for particular tasks. If you are new to diaspora* or have not even signed up yet, we recommend you to read the “Getting started” series. If you are looking for some additional options, have a look at the other tutorials.

We do the best we can to keep these tutorials up-to-date with the latest diaspora* developments. As such, please be aware of the fact that your pod may not be running the latest version of diaspora*, which can result in behaviour different from the behaviour described in our tutorials. Find your pod on %{podup_link} to see which version of the software it is running.

The interface