{
  "firstname": "Ilya",
  "lastname": "Zhitomirskiy",
  "handle": "",
  "birth": "1989",
  "death": "2011",
  "obituary": "",
  "issue": "164",
  "affiliations": "",
  "mainimage": "/images/face-silhouette-clipart.png",
  "maintext": "<p>Ilya Zhitomirskiy was a software developer and co-founder of Diaspora, a decentralized social networking platform created as a privacy-aware alternative to Facebook. While a student at New York University, Zhitomirskiy and three classmates launched a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2010 to fund development of the open source social network. The project drew widespread attention as a response to growing concerns about privacy on centralized social media platforms.</p>",
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      "siteurl": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2011/11/16/ilya-zhitomirskiy-diaspora-suicide-speculation-depression-stress-anxiety/"
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