Diaspora, founded by four NYU students two summers ago, is being turned over to their community of users. The site raised $200,000 on Kickstarter and intended on helping people set up their own servers called seeds, which allowed them to share and distribute information, rather than entrust it to a third-party company or network. However, the founders have decided to step back and begin working on a new project: Makr.io, a photo-remixing site. Their exit has met mixed reviews from users, some feeling they are giving up in the fight against Facebook, and others understanding it has always been a free and open-source project.
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