when i think back to 2014, i def think "you know what I could have used is even further brain balkanization"
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
NB if you are looking for invites go here ello invites
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 23:47 (nine years ago) link
Yes definitely what we needed was the visionary D-40 thread Yes definitely what we needed was more social media: the Ello thread
― mattresslessness, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
is ello your girlfriend?
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
why u mad
gucci isnt on it so i guess im never joining
― ≖_≖ (Lamp), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 23:54 (nine years ago) link
so is it like… british?
― j., Thursday, 25 September 2014 00:41 (nine years ago) link
is anyone posting to it or?
― markers, Thursday, 25 September 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
i looked at this yesterday, i don't know if i'm being pedantic but this seems kinda weak considering this thing's usp is no ads:
How does Ello support itself?Ello is free.
We occasionally offer special features to our community of users. You can choose to support Ello by paying a very small amount of money to add that feature to your Ello account.
You're never obligated to pay anything, but by choosing to buy a feature for a very small amount of money now and then you support our work, and help us make Ello better and better.
like offer & special & choose & very small amount feel kinda generically, persuadingly ad-ish for a passage wedged into a manifesto full of righteous & puritan anti-advertising bluster.
― schlump, Thursday, 25 September 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
I know everyone is suspect of this but it's kind of fun to have no real names and people just posting random gifs. I'm sure it'll get boring and stupid eventually.
― akm, Thursday, 25 September 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
It's called tumblr and it's been around for several years now.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 September 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link
Is Ello the next makeoutclub?
― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 25 September 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
People getting snarky about this creating strawmen who are signing up for Ello because they buy into its idealism or aesthetic when people are signing up because why not, it's free and other people are doing it and maybe it'll be cool but it'll be easy to ditch if it's not.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 September 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
otm
― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 25 September 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
Does any part of this thing actually work correctly
― polyphonic, Thursday, 25 September 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
I've already seen enough people who ARE buying into its idealism etc. that I can say it's not just strawmen.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
it's weird that this goes back to "no real names"apparently the movement toward integrity of selves has had its critics
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
this is basically twitter and tumblr right
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, September 25, 2014 3:05 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Maybe ... I ... am the straw man
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
Honestly it doesn't seem very good right now.
It looks bad enough on a desktop. I've heard it's useless on a phone.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
the most interesting thing about this is how everyone was THANK GOD SOMETHING THAT'S NOT FACEBOOK
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
Without likes or favs, it doesn't have that instant gratification of people approving of something you posted without actually commenting on it. It seems shallow but people post on social media for that tiny charge of accomplishment.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
i def do
― markers, Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
Great post.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
?
― markers, Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
Just a joke. Giving you a verbal fav so you could have that charge of accomplishment.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
omg ty
― markers, Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
curious why this is gaining traction suddenly when other similar things have failed
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 September 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
exclusivity imo. anything site that has a modern design + invite only will make at least a little bit of buzz
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
Not sure. G+ and Diaspora had the same invite-only beta periods, and Diaspora also had the anti-advertising stance and all the advance word of mouth that ended up resulting in nothing. Ello is obviously backed/steered by some shadow PR person/org to get so viral so fast.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
g+ and diaspora had similar buzz and invite seeking iirc
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
― ciderpress, Thursday, September 25, 2014 2:58 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
gays
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
people are just bored and there's a relative lull in the outrage-cycle rn, so this is something to go "huh" at for a minute.
― syro gyra (get bent), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
i said something on fb last night like "it's the 'hey, squirrel!" nature of the internet." fb has been running on fumes for so many years, it's surprising its replacement hasn't come along already (twitter serves a different purpose).
― syro gyra (get bent), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
This has a different angle to both twitter and facebook (but maybe closer to the former than the latter) - your grandfolks aren't on it and Diddy isn't on it, and that seems to be a definite selling point in both cases.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
There's a certain amount of "Oh boy now I can just follow my friends", which I remember fondly from the dawning of Facebook :)
I do like though that if you're following someone, the two categories are 'Friends' and 'Noise'.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
the entire visual aesthetic screams "steampunk without the frills" to me
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
xp: and no inspirational/self-actualization/libertarian image macros!
― syro gyra (get bent), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
can u embed imgs from elsewhere somehow or do you have to upload them to do that
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
No embeds.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
i see others embedding
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
Then why did you ask?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
god
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
What is your Ello name, I really really want to follow you on there
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
Hi. Is there someone good at answering questions here, preferably not a librarian, who could tell me if it is possible to post a picture on this new thing called Ello without downloading the picture to your computer then uploading it. Thanks!
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
Literally googled "embeds on ello"
http://gizmodo.com/what-is-ello-1639054383
You can post short messages, add photos, and @ reply your fellow Ello-ers. You can add links and whatnot, but no embeds (yet, presumably), however Ello does boast in-line emoji integration.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
welphttps://ello.co/waxpancake/post/oy73kFfDdhOPh8Jv9z9pFA
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
'boast'i am so surethat's like the tumblr error msg i got today 'something is wack'
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, September 25, 2014 3:31 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh wello
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 25 September 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
My chosen username is not actually in use on the site, which is why I want to grab it NOW.
― resting rich face (suzy), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
I would totally nab a popular name/company's name now, just in case it does blow up. Then get a bit of cash when you sell it later.
― ∞, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
Companies are already exercising rights to deny users names. Clickhole did it to someone yesterday.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
I guess if you have a legitimate reason for taking that username and the company isn't huge/public, it'd be easier to pull off?
― ∞, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
I think there has been some legislation passed against that sort of thing since the original days of domain name squatting
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nissan.com/Lawsuit/The_Story.php
^ informative read
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
ok i just posted a gigantic image to the three people who can see it
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
i always want to be in on the goldrush just to stake out my space but really this looks so eh
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
what does "noise" mean? noise is a good thing imo, so i am confused
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
When someone posts too frequently and isn't entertaining enough, you can move them into the "noise" feed so that it won't ruin the flow of your hilariously engaging "friends" feed
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
dang that's cold!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
Someone who understands a lot more about design than me explains why the design is terrible:
https://medium.com/@jvdgoot/ello-a-design-disaster-d53022ab3a62
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
*farts*
― mattresslessness, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
ironically, if this were ello that would signify the equivalent of liking my post
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
I attempted to post a link to http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com with the tag "looking forward to Ello's inevitable appearance here" but Ello wouldn't let me, lol
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
I gather noise is like ILX's killfile
― ∞, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 22:50 (nine years ago) link
"noise" kind of seems like "people I will not defriend but only check their feed if I'm really really bored" which makes sense to me as a feature. I have a feeling facebook's newsfeed algorithm overthinks things and probably creates feedback loops with seeing certain people's stuff while letting me entirely forget about other people.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
How is this any different from the "unfollow" (nb: not unfriend) function in FB? I already have a reasnoably large list of "friends" whose posts I pretty much never see on my FB feed because who wants 237846785648935 posts about puppies to be rescued from pounds/puppies beaten by their owners/OMG SAVE ALL THE PUPPIES. Not to mention the compulsive "post six youtubes a day" music fiends.
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
I'm hardass with FB. I have only ever blocked one person, and defriended maybe 10, the rest I simply unfollow, and add to a filter so when I post they dont see my posts, so for all intents and purposes to them, I dont use FB (jokes on you, you boring meme posting hippies).
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
ello.co
2014-2014
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
haha
― marcos, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
What Was Ello?: A Symposium
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 17 October 2014 13:50 (nine years ago) link
fuckin' ello sending me earnest messages about their monetary philosophy when they still haven't given me an invite, smh
― you little affront to god (reddening), Thursday, 23 October 2014 23:20 (nine years ago) link
Someone on my FB feed today liked an AFP post informing all and sundry she's on ello now. Says it all really.
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Friday, 24 October 2014 03:33 (nine years ago) link
yeah got same today, do not have invite yet, feel like I'll be getting a "goodbye" e-mail before I ever get one
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 03:34 (nine years ago) link
Guys, pm me I'll get you invites
― Mark G, Friday, 24 October 2014 05:57 (nine years ago) link
do you have guess papers as well?
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 05:58 (nine years ago) link
lol same
― out here like a flopson (tpp), Friday, 24 October 2014 06:31 (nine years ago) link
um, yes?
Xpost
― Mark G, Friday, 24 October 2014 06:42 (nine years ago) link
Hey everyone! Am I late?
http://img.ifcdn.com/images/99c80658004ac516991918fc63fcd207664ea5f937e73e91a0a9fcf6f0b66400_1.gif
― pplains, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 22:21 (nine years ago) link
I'm starting to see ello talk on my FB again...is the renaissance imminent?
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 16 November 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
I haven't discontinued the emails yet, so I know they just implemented emojis! That must be what's kickstarting the renaissance. :P
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 16 November 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link
advertising-free ello was pleased to email me this morning about the new Ello x Threadless T-shirt store
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/L6HFZoV.png
Fucking thank your for your continuous stream of sparsely designed & absolutely uninteresting bullshit marketing emails, ello.
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Friday, 28 November 2014 14:04 (nine years ago) link
Just checked, it's still there.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 December 2014 02:21 (nine years ago) link
This reminds me a lot of the delusional kid who would start yet another pointless campus litmag because, you know, the other ones just weren't getting it right and only he had the vision to create something truly underground and beautiful drawing on the same crappy talent pool as every other publication on campus
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 03:10 (nine years ago) link
And again, still there. The most recent post in my follow feed is from October 2014.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 February 2015 07:17 (nine years ago) link
I'll be happy when people ello takes the place of poor misunderstood Google+ as the butt of social media jokes.
― Jeff, Thursday, 26 February 2015 11:58 (nine years ago) link
March is NSFW Month on Ello!
― 龜, Monday, 2 March 2015 23:30 (nine years ago) link
http://gizmodo.com/ellos-death-rattle-will-you-stay-if-we-give-you-porn-1689003075
― scott seward, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
this is still going, and now branded as 'the creators network'.just logged in for the first time in years.its not the most compelling experience.
― mark e, Thursday, 22 March 2018 12:56 (six years ago) link
I still get the emails
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 March 2018 13:05 (six years ago) link
i logged in purely to switch the emails off, and thought i would have a bit of a wander around.as i am not a creator i got bored very quickly.
― mark e, Thursday, 22 March 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
yes whenever I get an email from ello I think "hahahaha I remember that". you'd think the timing would be ripe for a compelling FB alternative again, now, but we'll see. ello ain't it
― akm, Thursday, 22 March 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link
'...ellooooooooooo!'
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 22 March 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
you'd think the timing would be ripe for a compelling FB alternative again, now, but we'll see. ello ain't it
another reason i thought i'd have a look to see if it had improved given all the original hype re 'no adverts ...' etc.turns out it hasn't at all.admittedly the site seems to work better, but i care not re an excess of art student projects (things i just dont care about #32).
― mark e, Thursday, 22 March 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
tumblr and instagram both already exist, so...
― Nhex, Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
Remember when?
Anyway it disappeared last year. A post-mortem.
https://waxy.org/2024/01/the-quiet-death-of-ellos-big-dreams/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 January 2024 16:56 (three months ago) link
yeah i went to look for it a while ago and found several other things that now use the Ello name
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 18 January 2024 16:57 (three months ago) link
woof, that article is a burn.
― Nhex, Saturday, 20 January 2024 19:10 (two months ago) link