Ello

[looksgoodinred]

so has anyone else started using Ello yet? it's currently being beta tested, so it's by invite only, but seems to have a certain appeal, if not yet heavily populated.

 

simple. a bit stark at present. no ads. no sharing/selling of your personal information.

being touted as a possible replacement for Facebook.

still to be seen.

 

if you've started using it, how do you find it? and do you find you use it differently than you did Facebook?

 

https://ello.co/

 

 

What is Ello?

Ello is a simple, beautiful, and ad-free social network created by a small group of artists and designers.

We originally built Ello 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.

Ad Free

Ello doesn't sell ads. Nor do we sell data about you to third parties.

Virtually every other social network is run by advertisers. Behind the scenes they employ armies of ad salesmen and data miners to record every move you make. Data about you is then auctioned off to advertisers and data brokers. You're the product that's being bought and sold.

Collecting and selling your personal data, reading your posts to your friends, and mapping your social connections for profit is both creepy and unethical. Under the guise of offering a "free" service, users pay a high price in intrusive advertising and lack of privacy.

We also think ads are tacky, that they insult our intelligence and that we're better without them.

[elephantstone78]

No.

But then I don't use Facebook either. Or twitter. Afchat is my sole concession to the non porn related Internet industry.

Ps r u about to bungee jump on your avatar