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- falcadia0
Many good fortunes for whoever sends me an invite. Happy Friday.
- sentHijoDMaite
- Thx HijoDMaite! Good luck coming your way.falcadia
- yovkov0
one here too please please!
- scarabin0
it's hard to say what it means in the long run but i like that the company is aware of and has commented on the concerns regarding their funding
- robotron3k0
could one of you nice people send me an invite? i too am curious about what the kids are up doing now...
- sent to dinor@hotmail.comscarabin
- your invite code is creepyscarabin
- Thanks scarabin!! u rock!!robotron3k
- nb0
http://aralbalkan.com/notes/ello…
"They seemed genuine in their desire to build an ad-free/privacy-respecting network and I felt like their hearts were in the right place. I knew Ello would not be the long-term solution we needed as it was closed and centralised but I thought it could be a good stopgap.
What I didn’t know at the time was that they’d taken $435,000 in seed funding from FreshTracks Capital, a Vermont-based Venture Capital firm. This had apparently been announced by FreshTracks Capital in March.
When you take venture capital, it is not a matter of if you’re going to sell your users, you already have. It’s called an exit plan. And no investor will give you venture capital without one. In the myopic and upside-down world of venture capital, exits precede the building of the actual thing itself. It would be a comedy if the repercussions of this toxic system were not so tragic.
And so it is doubly disappointing and worrying that Ello doesn’t mention that they are venture capital funded anywhere on their About page. Instead, as Andy Baio points out in his post on Ello, “The About section makes it seem like Ello was built independently”."
- err0
I wanna play too! Someone invite me please.
- jaylarson0
how's the signup and ui/ux? i'd love an invite. is this better than virb?
- Continuity0
I want in, too, please.
- Me too! Don't want to miss this sweet ass train.inteliboy
- I take my request back ... got an invite from another source.Continuity
- kalkal0
I too, would also like to enjoy the smug superiority of being in this exclusive club.
- formed0
If anyone would be so kind, I'd like to part of this too
- set0
Leave emails in a note here and I'll invite everycunt
- monospaced0
Okay, so... I feel stupid, but how the hell do I find my friends? I know their emails and handles and names, but the search doesn't pull them up for some reason. Help.
- you have friends?pinkfloyd
- the search doesn't work right now. several articles have pointed this out. it's probably in the works?lvl_13
- The search is borked?
How very QBN.detritus - yeah, search is shitmonospaced
- dont be a retard and do some research. i guess you cant stop being a retard2002
- Trollset
- This was my research you fuckin cunt.monospaced
- erm... search IS screwy but if you already know their username...
https://ello.co/user…horton - and then hit Friend or Noisehorton
- Thanks horton!monospaced
- just change the URL to include the person's namescarabin
- Got it. Just like qbnmonospaced
- vwsung18t0
Can i have an invite?
- JackRyan0
I need something to feel relevant again, can I have an invite?
- arne0
anyone found the log-out button already?
- sea_sea0
i'm in.. https://ello.co/sea_sea
thanks spike
thanks moldy
xo
- yurimon0
I'm offended that their logo is a blind man. totally exploiting the handicap.