Qualcuno (laggiù) mi ama.

E me lo scrivono pure (a voi no, eh?!? rosiconi). Sono quelli di Diaspora, che credono in me e riconoscono il mio talento di innovatore, creativo, uno che contribuisce a far di questo pianeta un posto eccezionale. Il tutto per la modica cifra di 25 dollari, o anche meno se proprio non me la dovessi sentire. Che ne dite, funziona? Io passo… (di seguito il testo della lettera).

Dear Luca Bonesini –
We love you. Yes. Really, we do.
We’re building Diaspora*, in a spirit of community, because we believe in you. You’re one of the innovators, the creative ones, the people who make the world awesome.

We’re building tools that we hope will help you bring your true voice to the world. For no other reason than we want to see what you’ll say and do here, where you’ll have total control over your privacy, identity, and data. We’re doing this for the pure joy of it.
You’ve been incredibly patient in waiting for an invitation. We’re still working as fast as we can to get yours to you, and we’re sorry it’s taking so long.
In the meantime, though, we’re reaching out to ask if you’d be willing to help us go faster. Every dollar we’ve spent building Diaspora* has come from the generosity of our community, from people like you who believe in what we’re building, and have given some of their hard-earned money to support our work.
Every one of these gifts has been incredibly humbling. Each one says that someone shares our belief in what’s possible, and is willing to go the extra distance to help make it happen. Every time someone contributes, it feels like a huge, warm hug.
With love, humility and respect, we‘re writing to ask if you’d be willing to make a gift as well.

Can you contribute $25.-, or any other amount you feel comfortable with?

We’re not in this for the money. But any amount you can give will really make a difference. It will help us bring Diaspora* to you faster, and it will help us keep building the best service we possibly can, for everyone.

Also, if you can give any amount at all, we’ll be sure to get you an invitation to join us at joindiaspora.com right away. (Just to be clear, you’ll still get your invitation regardless. But if you make a gift, we’ll get it to you now, so you won’t have to wait any longer.)

We recently asked people who are already using Diaspora* what they love about our service. There were tons of beautiful responses. Here are a few of our favorites:

What people love about Diaspora*

Diaspora is:

• For benefit rather than profit.
• A community rather than a corporation.
• A place where who you are and what you say and to whom is all in your control, not in the control of the people who run it.
• Run by people who listen to their users and respond.

– Goober Fox

It’s interesting how much people seem to be sharing on an intellectual level, there are conversations here. Not just short comments and banter.

– Satu Jokinen

…all the… wonderful friends I’ve made here who are too numerous to list…

– Garidin Winslow

I like that i can control who to share what with. I like that I’m not bombarded with alcohol, sex, dating and violence ads all the time… and I love the whole concept its buil[t] up upon. Its like the internet I got to know when I first got online many… years ago

– Bohs Hansen

Freedom.

– Paks

No clutter. 😉

– Carlex Crespo

This is a simple and effective place for adults, or; just for all the people who appreciate ‘simple’ and effective things; ha!

– May M

Geez, where to begin? 🙂

• The decentralized approach.
• The absolute freedom of name, gender and expression.
• Ownership of your data…
• Knowing you do it for the sake of advancement and not for profit – makes me want to donate to it!
• The lovely, intelligent, creative, funny and übergeeky people I am sharing with.
• The hearts. I ♥ the hearts. And the ☮ signs.
• It’s open source, so no vendor lock-ins or sneaky partnerships
• The way it could set information free, since a regime can block out one site, but never win a pod info war.

And it’s just in alpha, right? Whoa….

– Lars Christensen, a.k.a. Organic Unit 070678

I love the heart of the idea of becoming a Diasporian. Diaspora started off with a good heart. That’s what will keep it alive.

– Dao

It’s just so heart-warming to read comments like these. What we’re building here is so much more than just another social network. At its core, Diaspora* is a new community, a uniquely free one, based on a positive vision of how we can all experience community online.
It’s a community effort too. Which is why so many people are contributing whatever they can. And why we hope you’ll take a moment to give $25.-, or whatever you can, to support this vision today.
Your support will make a real difference, and it will mean the world to us.
Thank you.
– Ilya, Dan, Max, Sarah, Yosem, and Peter
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011