Holy smokes. They are running on Heroku. A CPU is $34.50 per month ($$$)!
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 26 September 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link
If they are using Heroku Postgres (120 GB RAM, 1 TB storage, 500 connections): $3,500.00 per month!
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 26 September 2014 13:33 (nine years ago) link
i.e. the cloud sucks
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 26 September 2014 13:34 (nine years ago) link
Can you really not embed images?
― emil.y, Friday, 26 September 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
I've been told that posts are public and search engine searchable
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Friday, 26 September 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
@mavenmaven add me 4 maven thoughts
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 25 September 2014 23:11 (Yesterday) Permalink
Glad u could make use of my visionary thread
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, September 25, 2014 7:39 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
touche schlump
― mattresslessness, Friday, 26 September 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
welphttps://ello.co/waxpancake/post/oy73kFfDdhOPh8Jv9z9pFA― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, September 25, 2014 2:31 PM (Yesterday)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, September 25, 2014 2:31 PM (Yesterday)
more backlashhttps://aralbalkan.com/notes/ello-goodbye/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 26 September 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
(same backlash)
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 26 September 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
otm is still available
― sarahell, Friday, September 26, 2014 2:41 AM (2 days ago)
Not anymore.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 28 September 2014 06:36 (nine years ago) link
uncleshavedlongcock is still available
― sarahell, Sunday, 28 September 2014 10:20 (nine years ago) link
Stickin w friendster
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 28 September 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
Just tried to make use of my invite; site seems to be down.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 September 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
I'll use this after it gets acquired by Groupon or whatever
― Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Sunday, 28 September 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
I only joined FB about 3 years after it took off, and reluctantly (and then didnt use it for 12 months). I jumped on G+ and Dreamwdith right away so I could nab usernames, and theres a temptation do to that here too but I have not once posted on my G+ or Dreamwidth account so screw that (I do use G+'s hangouts chat app tho)
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Sunday, 28 September 2014 23:31 (nine years ago) link
Still hardly ever use twitter either, and a large chunk of my friends only post/chat there, and I am genuinely missing things theyre up to. Which faintly annoys. but eh, they use the same argt about FB.
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Sunday, 28 September 2014 23:32 (nine years ago) link
dreamwidth
― schlump, Sunday, 28 September 2014 23:35 (nine years ago) link
hadn't heard of dreamwidth until now, kinda love the name
― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Sunday, 28 September 2014 23:38 (nine years ago) link
it was a LiveJournal replacement. No one uses it.
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Monday, 29 September 2014 01:11 (nine years ago) link
(amazingly, some hardcore holdout friends of mine still use both Livejournal, AND Usenet ffs)
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Monday, 29 September 2014 01:12 (nine years ago) link
I've got like 5 g+ accounts that I never use.
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 29 September 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
i swear to god i got a Yahoo! Groups invitation in my e-mail today.
― scott seward, Monday, 29 September 2014 01:37 (nine years ago) link
Wow Yahoo Groups still exist!?
I was even suprised the other day to find Myspace seems to still be going (and is used by some bands and whatnot even tho, why would you when theres Bandcamp and Soundcloud?)
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Monday, 29 September 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
i still have an earthlink e-mail address, maybe that's why i got it...
― scott seward, Monday, 29 September 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
Probably for the same reason you'd use a Hotmail acct xp
― 龜, Monday, 29 September 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
bc it's the account i used to sign up for ilx?
― Mordy, Monday, 29 September 2014 02:17 (nine years ago) link
things like this always make me think about how I'm pretty calcified in my internet habits, or it feels that way - like, new platform? lol whatever, feel like I've got what I need here chum, you kids have fun with it tho
― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Monday, 29 September 2014 02:52 (nine years ago) link
I go where the (bulk of the) action is, generally speaking. Thus in my internet life its gone Usenet --> LiverJournal --> ILX/FB (with a tiiiiny smidge of twitter). But all along its been about a combo of blogging and discussion for me (as opposed to posting links/social justice/soundbites). I cant for the life of me work out what ello would offer.
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Monday, 29 September 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link
Liverjournal? lol, nice freudian slip. Also, I forgot about IRC.
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Monday, 29 September 2014 03:33 (nine years ago) link
Actually yeah Livejournal is what Ello reminds of in its scope (no celebs, not your grandparents). Except LJ without decent privacy options, which appears to be largely missing the point.
It's interesting to see people complain about what they now consider standard social media features, as if the idea is to be another Facebook.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 29 September 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
It would be funny if there was a huge migration back to Livejournal. I know that's not how the internet works, but I'd do it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 29 September 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
Has LJ already revamped/rebranded itself like MySpace did?
― ∞, Monday, 29 September 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
LJ has made some cosmetic changes in the past few years but it doesn't really need to be remade or rebranded b/c it remains very popular in russia
― 1staethyr, Monday, 29 September 2014 22:59 (nine years ago) link
yeah I'd go back to LJ if everyone else did(it had the friend-feed wall concept waayyyy before FB did for starters) but given its now Russian run who knows how safe it is any more. i peep it v occasionally but haven't posted in some years.
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Monday, 29 September 2014 23:03 (nine years ago) link
friend of mine went on a tear on twitter lately telling the sad story of LJ's core communities and its depopulation to another friend
― Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 00:18 (nine years ago) link
I'm long on email and "whatever mobile group chatting service my friends are on" as the social networks that will endure
― Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link
I'm on here as @drunkdalek
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 01:12 (nine years ago) link
design kinda makes me think of a gawky 90s tphile that says BEST VIEWED IN A 9PT MONOSPACED FONT at the top
― sktsh, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 10:31 (nine years ago) link
Got my invite (I've decided to join, if only to 'park' my name but will see how it goes) but on trying to join, it redlights my password choice no matter what I put in there and won't let me proceed to 'create account'. Whywhywhywhy?
― resting rich face (suzy), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 11:07 (nine years ago) link
I can't figure out how to post an imageLol/sob
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 13:29 (nine years ago) link
i've only been able to do it by dragging an image from my desktop into their weird update box.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 13:33 (nine years ago) link
If you click in the posting box (marked 'Say Ello'), an 'Upload' icon appears underneath the box. You can use that to browse and select images from hard drive etc. As previously mentioned, you can't embed images from other sites.
― dubmill, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
That might be because it does not like your choice of user name, particularly if someone else has it.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
Still waiting on my invite, but looking at the sample profiles I actually don't like the design so far, it feels very forced minimalist in a way that doesn't actually make it more readable.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
Also it seems to lose some of the functionality of fb that is actually good (maybe they will add later?) such as embedding video content.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link
it feels very forced minimalist
I guess that's a matter of taste, although I think it's hard to argue that it's not much more readable than, say, Facebook. I like the look of it personally, as in I find it attractive (and I've always disliked the basic look of Facebook, let alone with the addition of ads and multiple sidebars etc.). That doesn't mean I'm going to use it though.
― dubmill, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
I like that it has less clutter, but at the same time I find the spacing awkward and I don't like the typeface, and there's too little use of design elements that might help separate one thing from another. It's very tumblresque, which I guess a lot of people like.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
this thing looks like total ass
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
ty
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
like, I'm talking an entire, unappealing behind dripping with cracksweat
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
every eyeless smiley face sticking out like an overripe whitehead
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link