[elektrolyte79]

Diaspora is one alternative. I had the pleasure of meeting the founders and they are great guys. Their philosophy around social networks is that its your information and you should be able to control it, take it with you and share it on your terms. It is still in the Beta stage so if you would like to join, send me your email address and I'll send you an invitation to join so you can check it out. Another one, which is mobile only, is Colors. It's photo based and uses location and frequency of interaction to manage what information you share with whom. You can find it on the iTunes app store. Hope that helps!

[dord]

I had sorta forgotten about those guys after the unfavorable media about security vulnerabilities. As a developer I know how important it is to have security built into the foundation of a product and since that first impression I'm just not convinced that they have the technical chops to build a solid product if they didn't get security right.

Thanks for the invite but I think I want to wait a little bit longer and see where they go.

[elektrolyte79]

they are currently working with the Pivotal Labs team. They are not building it on their own - they have technical/backend/security support now.

[beatpanda]

I sent you an email, please send an invite my way if you have one!