Diaspora co-founder dies at 22 Co-founder of social network site Diaspora, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, dies at 22.A co-founder of the startup social networking site Diaspora that put an emphasis on privacy and user-control, has died, a company spokesman said Monday. He was 22.Diaspora facebook alternative,report say Ilya Zhitomirskiy suicide The cause of Zhitomirskiy’s death in San Francisco wasn’t immediately known, and neither the company nor the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s office would release details.“Ilya was a great guy. He was a visionary, he was a co-founder of a company that hopes to bring a better social networking experience,” said Peter Schurman, a Diaspora spokesman. “We are all very sad that he is gone. It is a huge loss for all of us, including his family.” Zhitomirskiy was one of four students who started Diaspora in a computer lab at New York University. As an anti-Facebook of sorts, the group raised more than $200,000 by collecting contributions through the website Kickst...