[Air-L] Ello

Ian O'Byrne wiobyrne at gmail.com
Thu Sep 25 10:33:58 PDT 2014


See what happens when you mention something on the AoIR listserv...

http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/25/ello-ello-new-no-ads-social-network-ello-is-blowing-up-right-now/?ncid=rss

:)

-Ian

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On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:15 PM, sky c <skyc at riseup.net> wrote:

> I also feel like a quick glance through Ello's founders--apparently a
> bunch of (white?) guys--does not particularly give me hope that this
> will be a platform which is more informed by, and concerned about, the
> perspectives of marginalised and at-risk users than Facebook has been.
>
> On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 12:12 -0400, Michelle Gardner wrote:
>
> > Ello seems to have the rabid attraction that was associated with Google
> > Wave. Everyone wanted an invite and plenty of people shared them.
> >
> > I have seen huge, huge concerns about security associated with Ello. For
> > individuals who need to have their privacy secure (for either personal or
> > work related reasons), the current recommendation is to avoid Ello. The
> > platform is not yet ready to completely guarantee your online anonymity
> but
> > they are responding to users and working on this issue.
> >
> > Michelle Gardner
> > Doctoral Candidate
> > Texts and Technology
> > University of Central Florida
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:25 AM, sava saheli singh <
> savasaheli at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > (in reply to a couple of messages about Ello that I noticed.)
> > >
> > > I've been playing around in Ello for a bit, and I've got a bunch of
> invites
> > > if anyone wants them. it's still a little buggy, but interesting to
> watch
> > > it develop and see if it catches. lots of people from my twitter
> community
> > > are trying it out as well. email me off-list or DM me on twitter if you
> > > want an invite!
> > >
> > > --
> > > sava saheli singh
> > > PhD Candidate | Adjunct Instructor | Program Assistant
> > > Educational Communication and Technology Program
> > > <http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/alt/ect>
> > > NYU Steinhardt
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