Diaspora, the social network site branded a more “private” alternative to Facebook, has propelled into the next big stage of its development. They seem to be making the most of accusations that Facebook doesn’t take the privacy, and therefore safety, of their users seriously enough in this modern age.

The project announced in April adds an important step in allowing the users to have more control over their information.

Right now, three months after 6,479 backers pledged $200,641 to the project, Diaspora has the first looks of a social network: status sharing, photo sharing, friend connecting – it hopes to even add Facebook integration and data portability by the launch of the Alpha version in August.

Some have said that putting privacy on the backburner goes hand in hand with a company expanding and a user joining that large social network. Which begs the question what happens to all of our information once a big site like Facebook goes bust? Surely it’s within their power to do whatever they please with everything that we have so freely posted onto the web, and it’s not only the Diaspora team that feel this is a problem that needs fixing - fast.

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