[Air-L] Ello--An Alternative to Facebook

[Matt Goerzen]

Lot of useful info here:

https://ello.co/waxpancake/post/oy73kFfDdhOPh8Jv9z9pFA

(apologies if this has already been linked to--too much Ello to read today)

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Mathias Klang <klang at ituniv.se> wrote:

> An interesting article about one of the reasons it ran out of steam
> http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/what-happened-to-the-
> facebook-killer-it-s-complicated
>
> Mathias
>
>
>
> On 25/09/14 17:16 pm, KMV wrote:
>
>> Speaking of Diaspora, has there been any article or paper about what
>> happened with it?
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Seda Gurses <seda at nyu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> here is a nice (or depressing!) write up of the Facebook visit from
>>> members
>>> of the GLBTQ community:
>>> http://21stcenturyburlesque.com/facebook-real-name-policy-
>>> meeting-drag-queens-performers-dottie-lux/
>>>
>>> given that ello seems to be really cued into the needs of the GLBTQ
>>> community is very refreshing. i am still little worried about the
>>> technical
>>> matters. is it possible to think about an "alternative" to Facebook that
>>> is
>>> not only about multiplicity of identities, but also multiplicity of
>>> (socio-technical) architectures and development cultures. i hope that
>>> ello
>>> developers will take this as an opportunity to rethink other (identity)
>>> issues like divides between "developers" and "users", "business models"
>>> vs.
>>> "participation models", and maybe also consider learning from the success
>>> and failures of attempts at alternatives by initiatives like diaspora,
>>> n-1,
>>> etc.
>>> we will see where ello goes,but it certainly feels like a very
>>> interesting
>>> breaking moment for Facebook.
>>> s.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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