5 reasons why Ello isn’t the second coming of Facebook<article>
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Ellois 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,
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">
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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>
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5 reasons why Ello isn’t the second coming of Facebook
