Diaspora as a brand name for a social but detached network? Never. My cultural heritage is all about forced detachments, global scattering. Camps, Walls, Military States, Stateless Nations, Genocide, Zealots, Despots, Terrorists.
I'd say try Holocaust brand but it'll be denied.
I do believe, that decentralisation is the key to success. P2P and interlinked clusters, that aggregate to „Plattforms“. Unfortunately initiatives like diaspora didn‘t gain enaugh momentum to become a fb alternative. I like @pfrazee‘s work, but still too tech for common use?!
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Well, Molly, I can‘t help it…. diasporafoundation.org/
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I'm familia :) I'm saying that I me, not him her she they this that it, but me would not name a social network that. I get the meaning, the irony, the intent. Diaspora is globally charged semantically. Not a criticism of detached networks but as brand. Real people, real trauma.
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That goes to the core issue with using supercharged words outside their conventional scope. Semantics shift, which happens anyway, but it's more forceful this way. Far darker: Look at how the worst of our history's despotic leaders forcefully repurpose language, signs, symbols.
Jun 11, 2021 · 7:15 PM UTC
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