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Remember Ello? The invite only social network that blew up in 2014. I was on it for a week then I had to say Oodbye as well. https://ello.co/ https://ello.co/

Remember Ello? The invite only social network that blew up in 2014. I was on it for a week then I had to say Oodbye as well. https://ello.co/ https://ello.co/ https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-ello-the-social-network-that-wants-to-be-the-anti-facebook/ https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-ello-the-social-network-that-...

Dramatize 8y ago
Ello hasn't shut down?
- ugochiowo 8y ago
  They "rebranded". Artists & creatives only
dredmorbius 8y ago
Ello is still operating, though its social aspect is fading. The founders' initial plan was to create an artists' and designers' platform, and they've pivoted hard back in that direction over the past couple of years.
- ugochiowo 8y ago
  Thought their initial pitch was an ad free social network?
  - village-idiot 8y ago
    It was. Turns out that’s really hard to do.
    - Deimorz 8y ago
      Especially when you take a bunch of venture capital: https://ar.al/notes/ello-goodbye/ https://ar.al/notes/ello-goodbye/ Note that that was written when they had taken $435,000 in VC, and now they're up to $11M: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ello-inc https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ello-inc
      - village-idiot 8y ago
        I’m genuinely surprised they’ve lasted this long.
        dredmorbius 8y ago
        And ... it turns out there's just been a management coup.
      - whywhywhywhy 8y ago
        Not exactly an unbiased take from Aral considering he tried to launch a social network where "you were not the product" around the same time too.
  - dredmorbius 8y ago
    Not really. I'd have to dig for references (one of the site's failings is terminally flawed search), but it really was an artists' & designers' space. That orientation allowed them to make additional pledges, including ad-free and no tracking, and yes, they did pledge that. But the SNpivot came after the initial interest boom in September, 2014. From Crunchbase: "Ello was originally built as a private social network. Over time, so many people wanted to join Ello that we built a public version of Ello for everyone to use." https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ello-inc#section-overview https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ello-inc#section-ove... An early interview with Paul Budnitz (founder): https://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-ello-founder-paul-budnitz-2014-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-ello-founder-... I've cooled on the site myself, though think it might work, in its niche.
ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
Ello is still going. It has a lot of artists and similar on it. Kind of a more upscale DeviantArt.

Dramatize 8y ago

Ello hasn't shut down?

ugochiowo 8y ago
They "rebranded". Artists & creatives only

dredmorbius 8y ago

Ello is still operating, though its social aspect is fading. The founders' initial plan was to create an artists' and designers' platform, and they've pivoted hard back in that direction over the past couple of years.

ugochiowo 8y ago
Thought their initial pitch was an ad free social network?
- village-idiot 8y ago
  It was. Turns out that’s really hard to do.
  - Deimorz 8y ago
    Especially when you take a bunch of venture capital: https://ar.al/notes/ello-goodbye/ https://ar.al/notes/ello-goodbye/ Note that that was written when they had taken $435,000 in VC, and now they're up to $11M: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ello-inc https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ello-inc
    - village-idiot 8y ago
      I’m genuinely surprised they’ve lasted this long.
      - dredmorbius 8y ago
        And ... it turns out there's just been a management coup.
    - whywhywhywhy 8y ago
      Not exactly an unbiased take from Aral considering he tried to launch a social network where "you were not the product" around the same time too.
- dredmorbius 8y ago
  Not really. I'd have to dig for references (one of the site's failings is terminally flawed search), but it really was an artists' & designers' space. That orientation allowed them to make additional pledges, including ad-free and no tracking, and yes, they did pledge that. But the SNpivot came after the initial interest boom in September, 2014. From Crunchbase: "Ello was originally built as a private social network. Over time, so many people wanted to join Ello that we built a public version of Ello for everyone to use." https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ello-inc#section-overview https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ello-inc#section-ove... An early interview with Paul Budnitz (founder): https://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-ello-founder-paul-budnitz-2014-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-ello-founder-... I've cooled on the site myself, though think it might work, in its niche.

ObsoleteNerd 8y ago

Ello is still going. It has a lot of artists and similar on it. Kind of a more upscale DeviantArt.