Sounds like the perfect opportunity to provide a hosted service.
I've always thought the distributed social site concept had room for both those people who want to run things themselves and for service providers. Kind of like wordpress.
My straightforward answer: because a bunch of my Facebook friends seem to be looking forward to moving to Diaspora and I doubt any of them has heard of Appleseed.
It's possible that in a couple of months Diaspora will look a lot less like a Great White Hope. We will see.
I've always thought the distributed social site concept had room for both those people who want to run things themselves and for service providers. Kind of like wordpress.