Thord D. Hedengren

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Tag: Ello

  • Ello's ads

    Ello, the social network you wanted an invite for, got one, and then promptly forgot, now has a chief marketing officer in the form of Rene Alegria. He’s got this to say about the future of Ello, which is totally ad free:

    “We’re currently not playing with the idea of dropping any ads,” Alegria said. “We are absolutely planning on internal campaigns that capture the spirit of our artist community.”

    Yeah…

    Ello’s due to step out of beta soon, and an app is in the works. I’m on there, just don’t expect any interaction on my part just yet, if ever.

  • Shello searches Ello

    Trying to find the right people to follow on Ello, and you’re already following me? Don’t worry, Shello not only lets you search Ello, it also has a list of featured users.

    Now, if you really don’t want to use Shello, you can always search Ello in your favorite search engine, by typing site:ello.co your-search-query. It’s that simple.

  • Should you leave venture capital backed Ello?

    Ello, the hyped ad free social network, are getting a lot of press. Aral Balkan thinks we should all leave Ello behind though, because it’s backed by venture capital.

    Sorry, Paul, but by taking venture capital you have made a crucial mistake that is incompatible with the goals you set out in your manifesto and I will not support yet another venture-capital funded network only to be disappointed at the time of the inevitable exit.

    He might have a point there, if you want to be all idealistic about these things. The notion that Ello was independently built is shattered, do with that what you will. I’m still on there, for the time being.

  • Excuse the mess, site update in progress

    Stuff will misbehave for a bit, I’m afraid. A proper update on what’s going on here’ll be online later tonight.

    Alright, I think most things are working now. If you find something funky here, ping @tdh on Twitter please.

    There are things on my todo list, so this is by no means a finished project. Sites never are. I’m a firm believer in an early 1.0 though, and then iterations after that, so here we are. Enjoy.