Diaspora was supposed to be the anti-Facebook. Back in May, when the public fury against Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg was frothing over in the mainstream media, a group of four idealistic nerds from NYU decided to build an alternative social network, one that gave users total control over their information. Power to the people! To finance the effort, which they named Diaspora, they started a project on the New York based funding site, Kickstarter. The crew set a goal of $10,000, but following some glowing press in the New York Times, managed to raise over $200,000 instead.