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diaspora is used for people who live outside of the traditional land of their nation of origin.

from my understanding, the name implies that people who don't have a social networking account from some service provider are expatriates. i think this gives too much importance to such services.

nice idea, i definitely would like to see how it goes. but the name should be changed, so that it is in line with the political view it is the brainchild of.




Political views aside, I agree that they'd benefit from a different name. Choose something more accessible, something like "Facebook" but not a derivative.




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