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It's a social network based on two promises: 1. It's beautiful, which they had to add because they knew just saying "we won't sell your data" would not go far
by cwilson 12y ago
It's a social network based on two promises:
1. It's beautiful, which they had to add because they knew just saying "we won't sell your data" would not go far enough. They needed that extra edge. In my humble opinion, it's actually quite ugly, so I find it pretty funny they are advertising this as a selling point.
2. They don't sell your data. We all know this is flawed because there is no promise this won't happen in the future, and to boot MOST normal people do not care about this.
Their initial launch had the right elements that allowed it to go viral and non-technical people started signing up. I would LOVE to see some stats from the Ello team around retention, as I am willing to bet a large sum of money that stat is really bad.
- dceddia 12y agoIn regards to selling your data, apparently they've taken at least a bit of venture capital, so it's probably a realistic worry in the future... https://aralbalkan.com/notes/ello-goodbye/ https://aralbalkan.com/notes/ello-goodbye/
- faizmokhtar 12y agoAgreed. To me, the UI is not that beautiful. Heck, it's ugly to be honest. Not to mention it's buggy.
- icelancer 12y agoThey should escrow a few million in a bank somewhere, and if the data has been deemed to be sold to anyone (judged by a third-party neutral arbitrator), the money is donated to the EFF. Then we'll see who is really serious about their promises.
- dredmorbius 12y agoQuite the interesting suggestion.