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22-Year-Old Founder of Open Social Network Diaspora Ilya Zhitomirskiy Has Died

November 13, 2011 at 12:34 pm PT

Social network co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy has died. Zhitomirskiy, along with Maxwell Salzberg, Daniel Grippi, and Raphael Sofaer were preparing to launch Diaspora, a social networking site designed to be open and decentralized. He was 22.

Tagged with Daniel Grippi, Diaspora, died, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Maxwell Salzberg, Raphael Sofaer

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Laurens Lammers

How can 2 people like this news?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Superczynski/1427864856 Michael Superczynski

It’s the Internet. It brings out the worst of the human race. :(
CrossWired

Taken out by the Russian Mafia, no doubt.
http://komotion.com Razvan Neagu

Liking it may simply mean they think the post is worthwhile rather than liking someone had died.
Anonymous

I knew this was going to happen. What a shame!
http://twitter.com/nakedslavin Vlad Slavin

it’s really not the best time to practice your sense of humor.