Diaspora was/is a hint of the future for distributed social networks, but too bad it was/is a bit poorly executed.
To be honest, I had hopes that Google+ would be part of an open platform with federation, considering Google Talk already uses XMMP and Google Buzz used OStatus partially (just for broadcasting, not for receiving, though). I even commented about that, right here on HN.
The real-names policy changes all that, I lost my hope on Google leading a social network decentralization, so it's all a bit sour for me.
To be honest, I had hopes that Google+ would be part of an open platform with federation, considering Google Talk already uses XMMP and Google Buzz used OStatus partially (just for broadcasting, not for receiving, though). I even commented about that, right here on HN.
The real-names policy changes all that, I lost my hope on Google leading a social network decentralization, so it's all a bit sour for me.