[mikemarotti]

This is exactly what the internet needs less of. Sad to see the diaspora guys reduced to overlaying unfunny text captions over jpgs.

[dmix]

Indeed, I tend to agree with 4chan (in their tirade against http://9gag.com) that this type of stuff has become the "cancer" of internet culture. Even though they are responsible for spawning it.

[JamesLeonis]

Oddly enough, 4chan's creator moot went on to make Canv.as, which this seemingly rips off.

[runn1ng]

Hm, this is kind of sad.

On one hand, I understand that the original concept wasn't as successful as everyone thought, so the best thing to do is try to do something else.

On the other hand, "meme creation" is so overdone at this point that I am surprised that this is the "next big thing" that they try to build

[TylerE]

Actually, the prevailing attitude when Diaspora was announced was that it had as much chance as a bumblebee's fart in a hurricane.

[unoti]

Meme creation isn't fully overdone until someone creates meta-meme creation: Where you fill in a few blanks, and the meme meta-creator gives you a website where people can create new memes tailored to some specific parameters.

[koji]

I recommend taking the time to use it, especially with friends. When you're not just passively sitting and staring, but contributing to the content, it turns it something else. You become part of a conversation that's surprisingly addictive, and not something you come across in 'post random pictures here' sites.

[kulkarnic]

If you're one of the founders, all I can say is stop doing stupid shit. I don't mean to offend-- finding pictures and clever captioning them is surprisingly addictive, but this really is a step away from social-games' Skinnerian conditioning. In short, it's addictive, not fulfilling.

Diaspora started out wanting to change the world-- creating something addictive may be profitable, but as other commenters say, underwhelming.