[jlgbecom]

And more importantly, if you're going to rewrite, why help Diaspora, and not a more mature option?

[kennedywm]

Because momentum and attention are more important than maturity. The qualities that come from maturity can be built with work; momentum and attention aren't as much of a function of hard work and are far more difficult to capture.

[jlgbecom]

Momentum can die as fast as it builds, while maturity is lasting. All these projects are in active development, and it'll be very difficult for Diaspora to catch up.

[drdaeman]

And this is what always happen. The choice between security, maturity and dancing bunnies is always skewed in a wrong direction.

[T_S_]

What more more mature option were you thinking of?

[mayank]

Here you go! There's not just one, but a whole bunch!

http://gitorious.org/social/pages/ProjectComparison