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Title: 5 reasons why Ello isn’t the second coming of Facebook Post by: HCK on September 29, 2014, 03:00:18 pm 5 reasons why Ello isn’t the second coming of Facebook
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Ello (https://ello.co/) is the name on everyone’s lips—at least this week. Led by drag queens who are fed up with Facebook, the new social network is fielding 31,000 requests an hour (http://betabeat.com/2014/09/ellos-traffic-deluge-almost-caused-a-total-new-user-freeze-out-crisis-averted/), and not just because Twitter users are offering up invites. People on Facebook are talking about Ello. That’s how you know it’s legit.</p><figure class="medium right"> <img src=" https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2013/12/badfacebook-100160458-medium.jpg" height="201" width="300" alt="badfacebook"/> </figure> <p> But Facebook is the network Ello wants to kill. Its manifesto is straightforward: “You are not a product.” Ello is ad-free and doesn’t believe in tracking your activity to sell to advertisers. But that isn’t why Ello is popular. The network is invite-only, which is driving demand. People who have signed up are inviting their friends en masse to make the site worth using. Have we so quickly forgotten Google+ and App.net?</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2688532/5-reasons-why-ello-isn-t-the-second-coming-of-facebook.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: 5 reasons why Ello isn’t the second coming of Facebook (http://www.macworld.com/article/2688532/5-reasons-why-ello-isn-t-the-second-coming-of-facebook.html#tk.rss_all) |