After reading a tweet mentioning this service by Wil Wheaton, I had to check it out. The premise behind Diaspora is to create a social network in which the user's personal information is completely under their own control. The promise clear privacy settings, sharing rules and a complete lack of usurping your ownership of your own stuff. It's also open source, so you can see the code (or contribute to it).
I would really love to see this take off. I still have a Facebook account, but its only because I can't realistically get rid of it right now. I use it for so much charity publicity and networking that it would probably be detrimental to switch until there is a viable competitor. I have made a point to scrutinize my settings every month or so and make sure my rights are locked down. Its annoying.
You can submit your email to be on the Diaspora mailing list and potentially the beta testing, but nothing is ready to use just yet. I've already added my name.
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