If you happen to land here from somewhere

I gave up on Diaspora Project weeks ago. I have higher hopes for Google Plus because of the high number of Gmail accounts, plus it's a much more complete and completed project.

Here are a few reasons you might be into trying Diaspora which is in alpha testing with limited invites right now.

1. You're a geek and you want to try everything that comes out
2. You don't like Facebook and never have. The reasons are way too numerous to list
3. You're looking for a place to exchange ideas in a longer form than Twitter
4. You found Google Wave way too heavy, yet you worked hard to get invites
5. Google Buzz gave too much away and was too much a copy of Twitter
6. You are continuing your search for the "ultimate social network"
7. Whatever the future of Diaspora, it doesn't seem to be linked to a single company
8. Invites are scarce and you like to be in that exclusive group on that bleeding edge
9. You are an experienced tester and like testing and providing input to a group of creative people
10. The early joiners may have some influence on how Diaspora shapes up.
11. It's the middle on the night and you can't sleep

Many of my own reasons are above, except I'm posting this at 11:50 AM and I've already experienced the ultimate social network, which happened before the Internet existed. I do think there's room for more ideas and I hope Diaspora will reach critical mass. I'll do what I can to bring people in.

You can reach me on diaspora here : randulo@joindiaspora.com- it's not an email address