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With the latest privacy debacle on Facebook, users leaving the site are looking for somewhere to go.
Diaspora has popped up as an open Facebook alternative, and people are getting behind it in a big way. The new service is funded by donations through crowdsourcing site Kickstarter, and supporters have backed Diaspora to the tune of $118,000 and counting. It's already the biggest Kickstarter project ever.
Although that's just a puny drop in the bucket compared to Facebook's rumored $22 billion valuation, Diaspora's money is all raised by donations from individuals -- presumably, people who are voting against Facebook with their wallets. It might not be knocking the current king of social networks off the throne any time soon, but Diaspora is making a big statement that there's something rotten in the state of Facebook.
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