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iammyownrushmore  ·  3711 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ello goodbye? Any Hubski expertise on Ello startup?

I got an invite, and it just kinda looks like a jumbled cross between tumblr and twitter and G+, with nothing standing out at all, except aesthetically. There's not even a chat feature, which means it's not a viable social option for me at all.

As for the privacy thing, that's not sustainable, and I don't buy it.

edit: oh snap! Ello is founded by the guy who makes the Budnitz bikes, which are pretty hated on (read the comments) , overhyped and made from a stolen design.

I remember seeing these and just laughing until people actually started buying a $5k commuter bike.

This is definitely not the thing it claims to be.





mike  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wow! That adds quite a bit of perspective, seeing the kind of person one of the founders is.

user-inactivated  ·  3709 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I got invited too and it doesn't look like there's much to use there really.

But in my case it's purely from a user's perspective, since I had no idea about any of the reason behind its popularity until after I registered.

iammyownrushmore  ·  3708 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think it's just the good ol' hype-train and not much else.