Denise
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November 15, 2011
Max Salzberg, Dan Grippi, Raphael Sophaer and Ilya Zhitomirskiy - the Diaspora team. Picture: Diaspora
Local media reports indicated that Ilya Zhitomirskiy may have committed suicide, but the coroner's office said it will take several weeks to determine the cause of death.
Zhitomirskiy was one of four US college students who launched Diaspora last year in a bid to win fans as an easier, more private alternative to social networking powerhouse Facebook.
The social network's homepage at Diaspora.org displays a picture of a giant dandelion going to seed next to an image of Zhitomirskiy seated in a classroom. Beneath the image was his name and "1989-2011".
Ilya Zhitomirskiy (1989-2011)
Diaspora expressed its sadness in a short Twitter message that included a link to a story about Zhitomirskiy's apparent suicide.
Zhitomirskiy and three fellow students at New York University built Diaspora as a "privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network".
Diaspora opened to software developers in September of last year and a version of the online network went public two months later.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle...-1226195538546
Conspiracy?
Max Salzberg, Dan Grippi, Raphael Sophaer and Ilya Zhitomirskiy - the Diaspora team. Picture: Diaspora
- 22-year-old Diaspora co-founder found dead
- Reports Ilya Zhitomirskiy may have committed suicide
- Social network's homepage features tribute
Local media reports indicated that Ilya Zhitomirskiy may have committed suicide, but the coroner's office said it will take several weeks to determine the cause of death.
Zhitomirskiy was one of four US college students who launched Diaspora last year in a bid to win fans as an easier, more private alternative to social networking powerhouse Facebook.
The social network's homepage at Diaspora.org displays a picture of a giant dandelion going to seed next to an image of Zhitomirskiy seated in a classroom. Beneath the image was his name and "1989-2011".
Ilya Zhitomirskiy (1989-2011)
Diaspora expressed its sadness in a short Twitter message that included a link to a story about Zhitomirskiy's apparent suicide.
Zhitomirskiy and three fellow students at New York University built Diaspora as a "privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network".
Diaspora opened to software developers in September of last year and a version of the online network went public two months later.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle...-1226195538546
Conspiracy?
