Can four geeks working out of their garage replace Facebook with an OpenSource project?

Possibly. Quite possibly:

Diaspora: Personally Controlled, Do-It-All, Distributed Open-Source Social Network from daniel grippi on Vimeo.

Hat tip: Ronja Addams-Moring

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