What is CommonPublic? It’s an Elgg 1.8.3 site where Elgg enthusiasts can introduce their friends and personal networks to the advantages of Elgg. Any ad revenue generated will be donated back to Elgg, or UNICEF. As an active...
Since this article was written Diaspora has released several new releases. You can even create a test account at diasp.org but it still seems to me like it is far from a mature social network platform like Elgg.
Interesting article from PC World last year:
7 Would-Be Facebook Replacements: How They Rate
Diaspora
Diaspora, for all the headlines it's gotten, is still not much more than an idea. Mind you, with almost $200,000 of support...