What the Hell Is Ello? And Why Is Everyone Suddenly Talking About It?

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In the last few days my Facebook feed (and I’m assuming yours, too) has been clogged with posts about Ello, a new social networking site that’s aiming to be the anti-Facebook (its tagline is “simple, beautiful, & ad-free”). Initially, my instinct was to ignore it. (Do we really need another social media site to replace Friendster Myspace Facebook?) And then I gave in to peer pressure.

Like Facebook and Gmail in its early days, you need to be invited to Ello by someone who’s already joined. I contacted one of my friends via Facebook (d’oh) and asked for an invite. The whole process from maybe-I-should-join-this to now-I’ve-got-another-goddamn-social-media-account took about 20 seconds. At least it gets an A+ for ease in signing up.

More after the jum

Source: blogtown.portlandmercury.com

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