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		3pt14159 on Aug 27, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Diaspora: An Overdue Update I always thought it was intended as a "all" symbol. All your privacy, all the control, all these different apps plugging in. SELECT * FROM user_preferences; -- type thing

Unseelie on Aug 27, 2010 [–]

Blow a seeding dandelion, and you get diaspora. Which is why the dandelion is their logo, and the asterisk is a very close approximation of that form

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