Actually, this is exactly what I&#x27;m looking for. I want to be able to control my photos and other content, and share that with family and friends.<p>All data is encrypted and my server can be hosted anywhere (just as simple as setting up a WordPress instance).<p>My own &quot;news feed&quot; are a combination of all of the other nodes I&#x27;m subscribed to.<p>My problem with Disapora is that they push the &quot;sign up to someone else&#x27;s pod&quot; rather than &quot;install your personal pod&quot;.<p>It just feels like a multi-centralised model. Rather than one Facebook with my data, now there are 311 &quot;Facebookesque&quot; Diaspora Pods (as of today).<p>As much as people hate the idea, a WordPress like (PHP) application as a &quot;personal server&quot; would be successful. There are lots of hosting companies out there where you can get up and running for peanuts.<p>My aim would be for a simple install:<p>- Download software and upload to hosting company<p>- Enter MySQL auth details<p>- Choose local filesystem or third party (S3, DropBox, Google Drive, MS SkyDrive) with OAuth as the backing store (files stored encrypted).<p>- Finish<p>Then I would be able to subscribe to other friends and family personal servers, just like RSS feeds. Friends can access my own personal server through OAuth and leave comments on content. Those comments are echoed back in my private feed which is displayed in their merged news feed on their own app instance.<p>The technology is already there. It just needs someone who is damn good with PHP!