Also, I can't help but get feelings of the author being too critical and dismissive. Is this because the Diaspora folks got a lot of initial funding from their petition? Or is it the author's own ego? Either way, the article gives me a nagging feeling of superiority.
I did get the feeling I was being a little over belligerent. I was just extremely angry that the general public is so caught up in the hype that they failed to see the major failure points. $200,000 is a lot of money that could have been put to better use (such as charity or donated to OSS) instead of being wasted on a project that's business model contradicts its reason for existence.
The original commenter has pointed out all of the technical issues I see with your post, minus the tone. I felt you were overly harsh. I can understand being frustrated with the situation, but, come on... in 3 months it will either die away or they will have succeeded (for some amount of success) and we can easily move on with our lives.
Also, I can't help but get feelings of the author being too critical and dismissive. Is this because the Diaspora folks got a lot of initial funding from their petition? Or is it the author's own ego? Either way, the article gives me a nagging feeling of superiority.